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    "content": "duty, as the Speaker, is to facilitate this debate while acknowledging the dictum that: “ The Minority will have its say, but the Majority will have its way .” With this in mind, let us debate with sobriety and order knowing that the country is looking up to us for direction. Indeed, I want to assure all Members that we intend to allow all the Members, including those who may have minority views on each of the three items on our agenda today, to ventilate and advance those views without interruptions, except in accordance with the Standing Orders. However, you must all stay within the rules of relevance and decorum. In closing, I wish to remind us that reference to ourselves as “Honourable Members” is not a title conferred on us by ourselves, but by others. It should, therefore, be a title that is continually earned and revered by those of us who, as we say in our Parliamentary Prayer: “Have been called upon to the performance of important trusts in this Republic”. Whatever issues Members may want to raise in the House, now and in the future, should be done with decorum, civility and in keeping with the stature of Honourable Members. I wish to thank you, hon. Members, but also for the benefit of those who are making their way to the House, this will not be repeated. It is on record, but when we are in the Committee of the whole House, I expect that you understand that the Committee of the whole House is not an occasion for debate. It is not and it has never been. Our rules do not permit. Those who have proposals to make must be allowed to do so. Those who agree with those proposals have their chance to express themselves in the usual way in a democracy. Those who do not agree, similarly, will be allowed the opportunity to exercise their right to disagree, but it is not an occasion for debate. Thank you."
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