{"id":768781,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/768781/?format=json","text_counter":47,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Members, before I go further, I wish to bring to the attention of the Members that the membership referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) is the Leader of the Majority Party - who is the Chair of that Committee - and the Leader of the Minority Party. I confirm that there was an amendment to Standing Order No.176 (1) which clearly states that for a Member to be discharged from a Committee, they must be given the due process of law, be heard and have it explained to them why it is proposed to discharge them from a Committee. This is so that when the party that nominated a member to a Committee makes a decision to discharge the member and the letter comes to me as is required, within three days; I will make the announcement that the member has gone through the due process and is formally discharged from that Committee. That is the essence of that amendment. I am sure Members of the 11th Parliament recall the rigours that Members went through."}