{"id":670842,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/670842/?format=json","text_counter":112,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Machage","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":179,"legal_name":"Wilfred Gisuka Machage","slug":"wilfred-machage"},"content":"On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir, having served as a Member of the Speaker’s Panel in the Ninth and Tenth Parliaments, you know that the traditional at that time on questions was that if the questioner was not available for a reason not apparent to the Speaker, that question was always dropped. Would I be in order to suggest that the same modus operandi is introduced in this House, so that we avoid situations where Members just ask for statements and disappear?"}