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    "content": "who may have visited other jurisdictions will know that these two values are held very highly in committee work. Hon. Members, committees are not an end by themselves. They operate on delegated authority, and as such their findings are not final. When all is done, the entire House eventually has the opportunity to consider matters examined by a Committee. Sometimes, as you have done before, the House may even disagree with a committee. As the Leader of Majority Party rightly affirmed, a committee has no power to suspend or stop the execution of a function of the Executive or any other arm of the Government; that is the exclusive mandate of this House sitting in plenary. Hon. Members, it is said that when you realize that you are heading in the wrong direction, it is wise to retrace your steps than to continue in the wrong direction. It is possible that mistakes have been made in the past. It is possible also that PIC may have examined matters of day-to-day running of State corporations even when the Standing Orders prohibit that. It is also possible that the PIC would do a report to the House even when it is not accompanied by the report of the Auditor-General, or a special audit report, or, indeed, any other report, as provided for in the Standing Orders, from a competent authority. It is also possible that a departmental committee would examine anything, including financial audits and business or commercial functions of State corporations, even where the Auditor-General has made a report on such matters; all that might have happened. The time for corrective action should start now, if it has not already started. Let us now look ahead boldly and remain faithful to the law of the land under our own Standing Orders. Finally, hon. Members, it is my sincere hope that this communication, read together with the previous one, settles these matters as to mandates. I expect committees, individual hon. Members, or, indeed, the management of the National Assembly as a whole to adhere to these two communications. Should there be need, I will not hesitate to offer further communication on these issues. Thank you."
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