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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, before we move on to Orders Nos.8, 9, 10 and subsequently Order No.11, I wish to make the following Communication with respect to Orders Nos.9 and 10. On Order No.9(i), the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has indicated to me that he has as yet to work on the many amendments that have been received with respect to this Bill. As a matter of fact, up until ten minutes before the House commenced this Sitting, we received a further set of amendments. It is, therefore, expedient and makes sense that we allow the Minister time to acquaint himself with those amendments so that we have his input and I can also, as the Speaker, process approval or otherwise of those amendments. I also wish to inform the House that we have received further communication from some of the stakeholders indicating that they would like to be heard and are taking issue with some of the amendments. If you take into account the provisions of the Constitution as it stands today, those stakeholders must be accorded an opportunity to be heard. So, under those circumstances, I will defer Order No.9(i) to such time that we have an indication from the Minister and the relevant Parliamentary Committee that they are ready to transact business at Order No.9(i)."
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