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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Senators, before we proceed with Order No.8, I would like to remind the House about the guidance I gave on 5th December, 2013 with regard to the procedure that will apply in consideration of the Report by the Rules and Business Committee on the Review of the Standing Orders. As hon. Senators will recall, in the past, Reports on the review of the Standing Orders were considered in three phases. In the first phase, when the Order for the Motion was read, the Chairperson of the Committee moved the Motion: “That, Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair,” which was subsequently seconded and a question proposed to initiate debate on the policy and principles implied in the Report. At the end, the question was put; “That, Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair.” If this was agreed to, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole. In the second phase, the Report was considered in the Committee of Whole in a similar manner as the Committee Stage of a Bill except that the Speaker took the Chair as the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole since he was also the Chairman of the Rules and Business Committee. The Clerk read each of the proposed amendments to the Standing Orders, one after the other and each amendment was disposed of in that order like in the case of a Bill. When all the proposed amendments had been disposed of, the question of the Motion for the Adoption of the Report was put. In the third phase, the House resumed and the Speaker reported progress of the Report. The question was then put; “That, the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report.” Hon. Senators, the new procedure that will apply to Order No.8 is now provided for under Standing Order No.247 which provides as follows: Upon tabling of a Report of the Rules and Business Committee under Standing Order No.244, 245 and 246, the procedure set out at Standing Order No.245(5) and (6) shall apply with the necessary modifications. Standing Order No.245 (5) provides: The Senate shall consider the proposed amendments to the Standing Orders as reported from the Rules and Business Committee on a Motion that the Report of the Rules and Business Committee be approved. You will note that the proposed amendments to the Standing Orders are contained in the Report of the Committee as an annex to the Report. Any proposal to amend the amendment proposals will, therefore, be an amendment to the Report and may be styled as an amendment to approve the Report subject to the following amendments. If you have an amendment, the amendment must have been approved by the Chair. I am only aware of two, so far, and if you have not brought your amendment, you may be time barred. Owing from these provisions, we will not have the Motion; “That, Mr. Speaker, do now leave the Chair.” We will not also be having the Committee of the Whole on Order No.8 since the Motion before us is for the approval of the Report of the Rules and Business Committee The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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