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    "id": 392488,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " The Senate Majority Leader, Prof. Kindiki, you are, indeed, right that the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader are each allocated one hour to contribute to the report of a committee. Every other contributing Senator has 30 minutes. The total time for debating the report of a committee is unlimited depending on the interest of the Senate. If the interest is minimal, the report can be concluded in no time. I imagine that it is not a requirement for you to complete the 60 minutes allocated to you. You do not have to exhaust all of them. You can do 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes or the entire 60 depending on your interest in the entire report. Secondly, being a Senate Majority Leader does not make one--- I appreciate you have previously talked about being a “defacto”---. We recognize the position and that is why it is enhanced with certain facilities. However, in terms of how we conduct the business of the House, by the time that the Chair gives a notice, there are already sufficient copies of Reports in the room where we collect our documents. I imagine the enhanced facilities of the Office of the Senate Majority Leader are meant to expedite the acquisition of the Report. It is just for that, to give notice. Then the report would now be put on the Order Paper. You are lucky that in your enhanced status, you are also a Member of the Rules and Business Committee (RBC) which approves reports to be on the Order Paper. If at the very minimum we consider that you need more time, that is another opportunity to make an intervention to delay the debate of that particular report. I think your office has been recognized by the Standing Orders and the House. So, it is for you to make very good use of it."
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