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    "id": 294551,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maj. Sugow",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Ahmed Sugow",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question by the hon. Member talked about two aspects. First, he raised concern that despite the circular or instructions given by the Government, there are officers who still travel Business Class. In my answer in part “a”, I indicated that members of staff who want to upgrade their tickets to business are allowed. However, if there are cases that are known where Accounting Officers or Chief Executive Officers are giving authority for people who have not been authorized by that circular to travel Business Class to do so, then action will be taken if we can get proof of that. There are normal accounting procedures that reveal this and necessary measures will be taken. On the issue of austerity measures, I very much agree with the hon. Member and I believe we still have room, without necessarily resorting to saying that a Minister, Assistant Minister or Permanent Secretary should travel in Economy Class. I believe that we can still do something about the number of trips and reduce them to the bare minimum and address the issue of strengths of delegations that travel so that we put more effort in ensuring that we save more in these hard times."
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