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    "content": "Standing Order No. 181 defines the number of Senators to sit in a Select Committee. It provides thus:- “Subject to any written law, these Standing Orders or a resolution of the Senate, a Select Committee shall consist of an odd number of Senators, being not less than seven and not more than nine.” If you look at Standing Order No.212 in terms of the composition, it is not possible to have two definitions of one Committee to the extent that the composition of a Select Committee can have not less than seven and not more than nine and that under Standing Order No. 212 a Committee of 11 other Senators other than the Chairperson. Whether the Committee under Standing Order No.212 is a Select Committee or not; it is answered by the definition in Standing Order No. 181. Therefore, the question of odd numbers is only in respect of Standing Order No.181 when it is a Select Committee. The same does not apply to Standing Order No.212. By virtue of the functions stipulated in Standing Order No.212(3), the drafters did not contemplate that there would be partisan positions with respect to other Committees that are defined in the Standing Orders. This point should rest immediately. Thank you."
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