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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Not necessarily adjourn. We shall stand down debate on the Motion appearing on the Order Paper as No. 8 to tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 p.m. in order to allow hon. Gumbo to appear before the Committee, so that he can discuss this matter and bring a report which will be included in the Order Paper. We will then have to allow the Chairman of the Committee, depending on what decisions the Committee will make, to put in their opinion for consideration by the entire plenary. That is the fairest way to go, so that we do not also deny the hon. Gumbo the opportunity to sit with the Committee and prosecute this matter in an environment that is not charged as is the case in a plenary. The plenary appears to have many other considerations. However, I would really plead with the Committee to allow hon. Gumbo to explain himself. This is not a life and death matter. Listen to hon. Gumbo and make what you may of his proposals. Remember that the final verdict will be by the plenary. So, hon. Members, we will stand down that business for the purposes of allowing the Committee to listen to hon. Gumbo. Please hon. Members, I want to suggest to the Committee--- We have seen, and that is why I allowed this debate to go on, that there are certain issues that need to be addressed by the Committee. The Committee will then bring a report to the plenary on what the position of the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) is in the budget-making process, because the BPS is not captured in the Constitution. What are captured in the Constitution are the estimates and the Appropriation Bill. We need to understand the position of the BPS and what it is that can be included in it. A clear reading of the Constitution compared with what is in the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act and our own Standing Orders appear to suggest that the BPS is a document that should play a key role in the budget-making process, including setting ceilings and such things."
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