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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "The point you have raised is pertinent. As we can all recall, we spent quite some time, at the beginning of this Session, trying to amend our own Standing Orders that were passed by the 10th Parliament in January in order to specifically address that issue, among others. As you have rightly pointed out, the rule is that a Member must be in at least one departmental committee and one Select Committee. So, I urge the leadership on both sides of the House that where this is not obtaining, it be addressed as we come to the close of this Session, so that we will not have hon. Members complaining that they are on only one committee when we begin the next Session. It denies some hon. Members the right to participate and give input into various committees they could easily serve on. Going by the numbers, the side that has had the biggest difficulty in meeting the requirement is the one that sits to the right of hon. Speaker; the side that sits to the left of hon. Speaker should have absolutely no difficulty implementing this rule. I think it is a matter that the House Business Committee (HBC) and the Committee on Selection will soon be seized of, and ensure that there is fairness. What you speak to is a glaring unfairness on your part, and, perhaps, on the part of others who maybe in a similar situation. This is a simple matter."
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