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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "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. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I would like to move Procedural Motion No.9. However, before I do that, I wanted to make a general statement so that Members who may not be aware know. Those of you who have Order Papers, the Motions from No.9 to No.15 are actually meant to be setting rules for this Session. This being the Second Session of this Parliament, it is important that from the beginning of the Session, we set House rules which are actually made by these Procedural Motions. You will see Standing Order No. 97(4) being repeated in all these Procedural Motions. Given that we are 349 actually, it has become important for us to reduce the timing so that we can give every Member an opportunity to contribute. We have Bills sponsored by Committees and those not sponsored by Committees. We also have Motions including Adjournment Motions, Reports of Committees, Address by the President and Sessional Papers which will come before us for debate. We have these Procedural Motions to enable us allocate time to every Member who wants to debate in the House. Hon. Deputy Speaker, if you allow me, I wanted to advise Members that this does not stop any Member from rising in his position and adjusting time whenever there is a business that requires more or less time. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I had given some… The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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