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    "content": "on these Bills today, the scenes that were witnessed in the Lower House are not going to be seen in this House. We should conduct ourselves with a lot of decorum. We are going to be dignified; in our tradition as a House that is going to conduct itself with dignity as we debate today. However, I have an issue regarding the summoning of Parliament for this Special Sitting. Many of us have left families behind, come from far because under the Standing Orders you can only summon us on matters which are “urgent and exceptional” according to Standing Order No. 29(2):- “The Speaker may only allow a request on matters that are exceptional and urgent.” If you look at the Standing Orders and the Order Paper before us today, there are many matters there which are neither urgent nor exceptional but just routine business of the Senate. Whereas the Standing Order No. 29(5) says that the only business to be transacted is the business which is specified in the Gazette Notice and we are not contesting, we are just saying that next time you call us for a Special Sitting, please make sure that the business you are calling us for is urgent and exceptional because there are many matters which we are going to deal with today which could have been dealt with even after we come back in January or February. So, we have come because we have to obey you and the Standing Orders, but let not these powers be abused. Let the Senate be the Senate."
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