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    "content": "have we actually exercised that, including very recently? Let us not have a rule today and another one tomorrow. Then, we will not be a House that is guided by its own precedents. We can make pleas but also, it is fair to state the facts; that the Order Paper that was presented earlier contained an earlier version of the Report by the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade which, in its wisdom, that same Committee decided to amend and propose specific amendments as contained in the Supplementary Order Paper. It is within the power of the Committee and the Speaker to allow that. There was no mistake which was done. I am saying this because both the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party and Member for Rongo alluded to the fact that there was no sufficient time but, the issue of the President’s Memorandum was all along known that it was in the Order Paper today. Indeed, if you listened on Thursday last week to the Statement by the Leader of the Majority Party about the business coming up this week, it was one of the businesses. You can say that you were not prepared. That is understandable because you have come from all manner of situations over the weekend. I can understand that. As you know, I always give allowances when people appear somehow incapacitated by what they have been doing over the weekend. Then, you should be appealing to me to exercise my powers under Standing Order No.1, but not to plead ignorance of the business that was coming before the House this afternoon."
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