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    "content": "So, because it is not clear whether or not he said this in front of cameras. I will want, obviously, then to immediately refer this matter to the Powers and Privileges Committee; I expect that the Powers and Privileges Committee will investigate this matter and take stern action. Indeed, we have precedents, not too many but, scattered apart. They are precedents of what the House Powers and Privileges Committee has done against errant Members of Parliament. Among other things, it has included the exclusion from parliamentary business and the stoppage of some of their remuneration benefits. So, that is possible. It can apply to the hon. Member for Ikolomani if there is evidence that he is guilty of this breach. Further, he can also, in invoking the provisions of the Powers and Privileges Act, Cap.6, be charged in court, if there is adequate evidence. I think we will want him to go all the way. We will go the full hog. If he is innocent, that will be fine. If he has evidence, again, that will be fine. If there is no evidence, then the hon. Member of Parliament for Ikolomani will actually have to take and live with the consequences."
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