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    "id": 449234,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. S. S. Ahmed",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "As a matter of fact, I asked the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade whether he was going to stand and he said: “Will you please inform the House that as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee I support wholeheartedly this Motion and so are members of the Committee.” We, at the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget and Appropriations Committee, at one time made suggestions to the National Treasury and other budget-making bodies to understand each other, so that we are not seen as intruders who are taking away their power. We are legislating and I think the Legislature must be given some assistance. The Treasury must fall in line; if it does not, it will cause major problems. The new Constitution has brought certain requirements. What is our job? It is to strengthen controls and operationalize legislative requirements. To operationalize them, we need those on the ground, who have been there before. They must come with us and be part and parcel of us."
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