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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, the reading of these rules indicate that, as an advance of our previous practice, those with minority views have been accorded the higher privilege as they are allowed to have their views recorded substantially, and not just a mere mention and, in a rare occasion, have a dissenting report appended to the main report. This is in keeping with the spirit of our new Constitution to protect the rights of both the majority and the minority. However, should a committee not reach consensus, this does not imply that there should be two reports of a committee or a separate report compiled by the minority. The rule of thumb is that there can only be one report of a committee. That is the report that has been supported by the majority of the membership of the committee, which may contain, as part of it, a minority report. Hon. Members, this now brings me to the question as to whether the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs contains in it a minority report. To address this question, I wish to draw the attention of the House to pages 27, 28 and 29 of the Report. Indeed, the title of item 6.0 of the Report is “Report on Minority Views”. That part has captured not only the reasons and named the Members with differing views, but also the recommendations of the minority Members of the Committee. The minutes of the Committee for its sittings, particularly those of 15th and 16th July, 2014, have also captured those views fairly. This is by far a liberated procedure as compared to our previous practice, and which meets the threshold required under Standing Order 199(5) and (6). The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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