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    "id": 396832,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is relevant to this extent; that in the Tenth Parliament, the House Business Committee (HBC) was a preserve of the Executive. But with benefit of hindsight, we then amended the standing orders so that Members of the Opposition would have representation on the HBC, which has become in this particular Senate, the RBC. The reason was that Members of that Committee from the Executive were only fast-tracking Government Business and ignoring private Members’ Business. So, the reason we have Members of the Opposition on this Committee today, with all due respect to the Senate Leader of Majority, is so as to be sensitive to private Members Motions. Therefore, it would be wrong for the Senate Majority Leader to mislead this House and the nation that a Motion can take precedence to a Bill. The Senate and the National Assembly were deliberately formed for legislation. It is the Bill that will give life to new Acts of Parliament. Therefore, if the RBC is not giving precedence to Bills, it means, with all due respect, that the RBC is sleeping on the job. Bring the Bills; we want to enact laws."
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