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    "content": "(c) Where a member requests a Statement from a committee chairperson relating to matters under the mandate of the committee, the Speaker may either appoint a day for the Statement, or direct that the Statement be issued on the same day. However, the Statement sought must be restricted to matters within the mandate of the committee, and which have been exhaustively dealt with and concluded by the committee, or where the chairperson is authorized by Members of that committee to issue preliminary reports to the House. In this case Members will be allowed to seek Statements on Thursdays on the Floor of the House. Chairpersons will be required to take over the requests and prioritize them according to the committee’s programme. Committees, therefore, will not be obliged to deviate from their programmess to address Statements. The Member who requested the Statement will be expected to attend the meeting of the committee and also interrogate the matter requested. The Committee may, thereafter, choose to report back to the House by way of a Statement or a report in response. In this case, the discretion to report back to the House will, therefore, be that of the committee, and not of the chairperson. If a report of a committee arising from a"
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