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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "24th Edition published in 2011, the power of rescission cannot be exercised merely to override a vote of the House, such as a negative vote. Proposing a negatived question a second time for the decision of the House would be contrary to the established practice of Parliament. Hon. Members, when a rejected Question has to be reconsidered, sufficient variation would have to be made, not only from the form, but also from the substance of the rejected question, so as to make the second question a new question. None of the claims submitted to my Office by the Members who sought leave to rescind the decision in question suggested the possibility of new evidence that would alter the substance of the negatived Report and qualify it for reconsideration in a new form. Having found no basis to grant leave to rescind the said decision, the argument of whether the parameters of a rejected Question may be varied after being rescinded does not, therefore, arise. Hon. Members, as I mentioned earlier, the Member for Saboti Constituency had also placed a request to establish a select committee to inquire into the spent matter of alleged importation of contaminated sugar. The question one would ask is: What would the proposed select committee alter in terms of substance of the rejected Report that would move the House to vote differently? As I indicated earlier, I have no information as to whether there has emerged new evidence that, if considered by a Committee of this House, would vary the substance of the earlier Report. 3. Regarding the third question on whether the gag imposed under Standing Order No.49(1) debars a member of the public from submitting a petition to the House, praying that the House reconsiders a report that it had previously negatived in the preceding six months, the answer is yes, although secondarily. Even though the right to petition Parliament as 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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