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"speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that if we go by records and look at the number of Questions that have either been deferred or even referred to a committee because they were unsatisfactory, they are very few. That in my view shows that Ministers are actually answering Questions satisfactorily. I am saying that let us not generalize. If there are one or two Ministers probably who have come unprepared, sometimes they accept that they may have received the answer just a few hours before. However, I am saying the most important thing is the record. If you can order the Clerkâs Department to look at the number of Questions that have been deferred or have been declared to be unsatisfactory, you will find that it is a minute number. That is the only way you can tell whether Ministers are working hard or not. Lastly, I would like to assure this House that the Executive takes parliamentary business very seriously. The Executive respects the working relationship between"
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