{"id":512496,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/512496/?format=json","text_counter":109,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I have no intention whatsoever of anticipating debate, but you will recall that last week when the Leader of the Majority Party gave a programme for this week, he had indicated that the Public Audit Bill would come for Third Reading. Indeed, it has. At that point, I rose on a point of order to notify him and the Committee Chair, that I had put down quite a number of amendments and I would prefer to have an opportunity to discuss those amendments with the Committee Chair. Subsequently, I have reached out to the Committee Chair and asked when I would be called to discuss those amendments. I have been flipping through the Order Paper and I notice with concern that some of my amendments have not been included. This is worrying because the amendments I have here are quite many. The process of making amendments on our own is very laborious. When you make amendments and somebody subjectively makes a decision to delete them without giving you the opportunity to pronounce yourself on your thought-process as you were making those amendments, I 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."}