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    "content": "do remember we had a lot of work to do. This Committee had to consider audited reports from 47 counties as opposed to just one report from the national Government that is considered by our counterpart in the National Assembly. I remember, and the Senate Majority Leader will recall, that we increased the membership of this Committee to 11 or 13. This is something that we have to consider. The Committee does not only consider the audited reports, but it is also an investment Committee. In the National Assembly, there are two Committees. In the Senate, it is one Committee that deals with both issues taking into account 47 governments and not just one national Government. I would like this Committee to look into the issue of raising the membership of this Committee to either 11 or 13 as the case may be because the work is immense. It means that if we have to seriously consider each and every audit account properly, the Committee has to split and give responsibility to a few of Members to consider each of the 47 audited reports and report back to the main Committee. That is one point. The Minority Leader also mentioned the issue of the majority membership being from the Opposition. I think it is only right. This is the practice even in the House of Commons which is the mother of all parliaments, the majority of the membership in the PAC comes from the Opposition and the chairman also comes from the Opposition. Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, we have the Committee on Devolution and Inter-governmental Relations. Our then Chairman is now the Senate Majority Leader. You may recall that it used to be a sessional Committee, but we have now made it a standing Committee."
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