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    "content": "Except as and to the extent to which the chairperson may otherwise direct for the purpose of facilitating full consideration and discussion of a matter referred to a committee, the procedure in a select committee shall be as nearly as possible, the same as that in Committee of the whole House.” So, the operating words here are that the procedure in a Select Committee should be as nearly as possible the same as that in the Committee of the whole House. One would expect that the kind of decorum, procedure, discipline and order that is exhibited in the Committee of the House to be as nearly as possible to that of Committee of the whole House. Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you watched what happened in the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade yesterday, I invite you to say whether it can be termed as anywhere as close as possible to the procedure of the House. I want to tie that to Standing Order No.112(1), which talks about grave disorder in the Assembly. It says that in the event of grave disorder arising in the House - I am referring to the House and I am tying it to a Committee because Standing Order No. 196 tells us that a committee should conduct its business in a procedure that is as close as possible to that of the House - the Speaker may adjourn the House forthwith or suspend any sitting for a period to be determined by him or her. In a committee, the equivalent of the Speaker is a chairperson. I expected the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, who was my junior in school, Hon. Langat, although a lot of times I doubt whether he really finished school because of the way he sometimes conducts his business---"
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