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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, it is said in this Part II, and I cannot quite remember where but since it is here as I have read it – by the way I came to the House particularly to make contributions to this Part II because I think it is very important. It says in Part II that before the proposals of the Cabinet Secretary are implemented, they shall be submitted to Parliament either through the Budget Committee of Parliament or Parliament itself and that is the oversight role of Parliament. Let us also remember that the Budget Committee of Parliament does not have the technocracy or technology to do the kind of things that the Executive can do with regard to determining how revenues are raised through taxation and other means. Therefore, precisely because the Budget Committee of Parliament does not have this technocracy or technology, it would be overburdening the Budget Committee to expect it to make certain proposals about taxation and about revenues which is beyond its capability. Therefore, it actually will be a help to the Budget Committee if, indeed, these proposals come from the Government after they have been thoroughly looked into by the technocracy and technology in Government. For example, if you are going to raise taxes, it is not an arbitrary thing that you just wake up and say: “We shall put more money on beer or that we shall levy sin tax.” There are various things you must look into in terms of how this is going to affect the market and to what extent it is going to affect other forms of taxation that you are proposing."
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