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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the following Procedural Motion: THAT, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 97(4), this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party be limited as follows: A maximum of forty five (45) minutes for the Mover in moving and fifteen minutes (15) in replying, a maximum of thirty (30) minutes for the Chairperson of the relevant Committee (if the Bill is not sponsored by the relevant Committee), and a maximum of ten (10) minutes for any other Member speaking, except the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party, who shall be limited to a maximum of fifteen Minutes (15) each (if the Bill is not sponsored by either of them); and that priority in speaking be accorded to the Leader of the Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party and the Chairperson of the relevant Departmental Committee, in that order. In accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 97(4), this is basically what the new House does in the first sitting of a new Parliament. It is like in football where you set the rules right on the first day. These rules will apply until the end of the First Session of these five years. So, in the first year, we will come back and redo the same. What does it say? It says that ordinary Members will have 10 minutes and a Committee Chairperson will have 30 minutes. If the Bill belongs to you and you are a Private Mover, you will have 45 minutes in moving and 15 minutes in replying to your Motion or your Bill. Secondly and more fundamentally, there is a sequence of speaking: The Leader of the Majority Party will have 15 minutes, ordinary Members will have 10 minutes. The Leader of the Minority Party will also have 15 minutes. The leadership and the Chair of the Committee where the Report or Bill is being discussed will have preference in catching the eye of the Speaker. The Speaker will first give a chance to the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of the Minority Party, if they want to speak, then the Whips and ordinary Members in that order. All these are Procedural Motions, Members and I will be very happy. I have just talked to the Whip of the Majority Party that it should not be me moving all these. You should give me relief so that Members can move and second. These are just Procedural Motions. Again, with the permission of the Speaker, I am sure you do not discuss Procedural Motions a lot. In the next five minutes, the Speaker will put the Question because they are procedural things; they are not substantive. I beg to move and ask Whip of the Majority Party to second."
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