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    "content": "submit its comments on the legislative proposal to the Speaker within 14 days of receipt of the legislative proposal – I emphasize 14 days. This process is referred to as pre-publication scrutiny, a practice borrowed from the UK House of Commons. Our requirement for pre-publication scrutiny was introduced to replace the unpopular practice where a Member, who was not a member of the Executive, intending to introduce a Bill was required to first seek leave of the House by way of a Motion. It is also informed by Article 114 of the Constitution. It is important to know that only those draft Bills emanating from individual legislators, particularly proposals introduced at the behest of a citizen in accordance with Article 119 of the Constitution and those introduced by Members on their own behalf require pre-publication scrutiny. I hasten to state that Bills prepared by Committees and those introduced by the Leader of Majority Party on behalf of the Executive do not have to be subjected to a pre-publication scrutiny. This is because the input of experts, stakeholders and the public generally shall have been sought by the time the sponsors are identified. In our fledgling practice, the Budget and Appropriations Committee or the relevant Committee may make any recommendations or comments on the draft Bill. Based on those recommendations, I may render either that the draft Bill be not proceeded with or that it be accepted. If I certify that the proposal be accepted, the proposal is then published as a Bill. I wish to stop there so that hon. Members at the entrance take their seats."
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