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    "content": "Table of the House on 21st March every year. It is this same Executive that moved this House to adjourn. They knew that this date would expire when the House was still on recess. The provision in the Standing Orders does not say that they have to lay it on 21st March, but it says: “Every year, not later than 21st of March, the Minister responsible for matters relating to finance shall prepare and lay before the House a Paper to be referred to as the Budget Policy Statement.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the House was going into recess, the Executive side, and the Minister in charge, knew that the date of 21st March would come when this House was away. So, Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you give guidance as to what is to follow after these Papers have been laid, also give us direction on what Ministers are supposed to do when they know that they are not living within timelines which are given as per the Constitution or an Act of Parliament or even the Standing Orders and they know well that they are in breach of such rules, and still move the House to adjourn when they know that such time will lapse. They do not make any effort to table documents which are required to be tabled before this House in time."
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