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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why the Private Members’ Bills appear as what would ordinarily be Government Bills is that we thought that hon. Members have done a lot of work in drafting those Bills, and that they need to be shared with the rest of the House. So, what the Government has done is donating its time, which is usually reserved for Government Bills, to expedite the Private Members’ Bills. Otherwise, these Bills would have had to queue for debate on Wednesday morning. So, the Government also means more than the Executive. Parliament is part of Government. Therefore, when we sat in the House Business Committee, we looked at this business as belonging to the wider Government and allocated it Government time. However, that is not to say that the Government does not have Bills of its own that it would have preferred to bring to this House. We recognised the fact that these Private Members’ Bills have been queuing for a long time and they needed to be given some time, the only time available was Government time. Otherwise, we would have to queue them all to be debated on Wednesday morning, which would have been unfair to the hon. Members who have done a lot of work in drafting them."
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