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    "speaker_name": "(v) Constituencies Development Fund Committee",
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    "content": "We were then left in a situation to feel fine, much as we would all want to satisfy the gender requirement. Until we have a critical mass of lady hon. Members in the House to distribute around, it will be very unfair to have the under ten ladies who are not in Government taking positions in the 21 committees of Parliament; it will mean one lady serving in about four committees. However, I just wanted to highlight that matter. Indeed we deliberated on that matter; it is a reality that much as the HBC would have wanted--- The Whips themselves agonized over the matter but the practicality was not possible. We should also note that the CDF Act only says that only elected Members can be nominated to this committee. This means that we have nominated lady Members but they cannot be appointed because of the limitation in the Act. I just wanted to highlight that fact because we really agonized over it; until we have a critical mass of lady Members, it will be very difficult for us to actually observe one-third gender rule in the appointment to committees. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, the replacements have been reworked to make sure that as many people as possible---"
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