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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": ".Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, looking at the mandate of the Committees, even if you look at that Standing Order 209, inter alia, the functions of the Committee on Implementation include looking at adopted resolutions, including reports of other committees which have been adopted, to find out whether they are implementable; and if they were to be implemented, how they would be implemented. Are they capable of implementation and if they are not capable of implementation, what are the bottlenecks and then report to the House. So, you cannot begin questioning that mandate. That mandate is clear. Look at Standing Order 209(2). In fact, that is what it is supposed to do. They look at reports that have been adopted, undertakings that maybe given by Government agencies and functionaries before the committees or this House. The Committee will then come and report that this functionary in Government gave a certain undertaking. It could even be: “We shall be flying in drones within six months.” If that is the undertaking they gave, the question will be whether or not it has been implemented. If it has not, what are the reasons? That way, the House will become wiser. We cannot question the mandate of that Committee. What they are doing is exactly what they have given in the Standing Orders. Please, we may not be happy about them saying this or the other but the mandate is clear. I see there is interest from the Whip of the Majority Party."
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