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    "content": "hence this break is not just necessary for purposes of breaking but also for work at the constituency. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also have a very clear understanding that should the Members be required during this period, we will then use the powers of the Speaker to call back the House to pass anything that may be totally urgent. I do not quite anticipate any of this except the Campaign Financing Bill; should that mature before, Members have to be called or also in terms of the negotiations going on within the gender rule of the Constitution, they can be recalled. Those are, perhaps, the only two things that might lead to this or any other that might appear urgent to the Speaker. It will really be the discretion of the Speaker and the Principals he may need to consult. In moving this, also, I want to clarify something; I think, there was a misunderstanding that we cannot have the Motion for Adjournment unless we have three hours. Three hours is provided for as a maximum period for discussion of a Motion for Adjournment. So, between now and midnight we have two hours. Should we talk beyond midnight then we will not go home. But I doubt if we will be able to exhaust the two hours that we have and, hence, I am very positive that Members will make a decision in terms of where we want to go with our adjournment. I am very happy that the consensus seems that we need to go out there in the constituencies and do some work. May I also take this opportunity to thank our staff who stay with us in this House, who work day and night. They also require to take their annual leave to also meet their families and go and prepare their children for the examinations. I do believe that this will also be an opportune time for them to take that break so that by the time we come back for the final leg, between 20th of November and 15th of January, really that will be the last time we will be meeting as a House. I do hope that we will finish all the other Bills that are in maturation. We need to take the opportunity to clear all the Bills that have been committed to the House; when we come back we will be prepared to work late to clear all the Bills, otherwise we will lose all the work that has been done by the Committees. We do not know whether the next House will have the same enthusiasm as this House. With those words I beg to move and request my colleague, the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs to second."
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