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    "content": "2. Secondly, did the Committees miss any procedural steps in compiling the final Report? Hon. Members, in order to address the first question on the authenticity of the Report before this House, allow me to state that I am guided by the provisions of Standing Order No. 199 which provide as follows, and I quote: 1. The Report of a Select Committee shall be prepared and kept in the same form as the Votes and Proceedings of a Committee of the whole House and in such other form as may be prescribed in the Committee manual. 2. The report of a Select Committee having been adopted by a majority of the Members, shall be signed by the Chairperson on behalf of the Committee. 3. A Select Committee shall adopt its report in a meeting attended by a majority of its members. Hon. Members, in light of the foregoing, as your Speaker, I am now compelled to answer the following questions which set out the procedural parameters of authenticating a Committee Report: (i) Is the Report properly before this House? The answer is yes, having been properly laid by the Joint Chairperson last week; (ii) Are there votes and proceedings of the Report in form of minutes appended? The answer is yes; (iii) Has the Report been adopted by a majority of the Members? The minutes attest that the answer is yes; (iv) Has the Report been signed by the Chairperson of the Committee? Page No. 62 of the Report indicated that the answer is also yes; (v) Was the Report adopted in a meeting attended by a majority of its Members? The minutes of the 24th Sitting of the Joint Committee held on 1st August 2018 and in which 28 Members were present attest that the answer is also in the affirmative. In this regard, Hon. Members, and in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No. 199, the Report before this House is, therefore, authentic as it complies with the requirements of that Standing Order. Hon. Members, moving on to the last question on whether the Joint Committee overlooked or missed any steps in arriving at the final Report, I am further guided by the provisions of Standing Order No. 199(5) and (6) which provide that: “5. A report having been adopted by a majority of Members, a minority or dissenting report may be appended to the report by the members of the Committee. 6. A report of a select committee including any minority report together with the minutes of the proceedings of the committee shall be laid by the Chairperson of the Committee within fourteen days of conclusion of its proceedings.” Hon. Members pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 199(5) and (6) and considering the representations I have received from various Members of the Joint Committee, I am persuaded that the Joint Committee may have missed an important step while considering and preparing a final report on this matter, that is, the opportunity to also have a divergent view or views or a minority report recorded as contemplated under Standing Order No. 199 (5) and (6), if the conduct of some of the Members following the tabling of the Report is anything to go by. Permit me, Hon. Members, to remind this House of the Communication I issued on 30th July 2014 (On the Place of Minority Reports and Admissibility of Committee Report on the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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