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    "content": "(1) The Committee was unable to transact most of its business due to lack of quorum. Recommendations: (a) re-consider the issue of membership in Committees such that one Member should belong to only one committee; or alternatively, (b) develop a schedule to avoid the issue of Committees with similar membership holding meetings on the same days and at the same time. (2) Limited media publicity on Committee business. We have made the following recommendations- (1) Make use of readily available resources such as live broadcasts or Plenary to create publicity on the Bills before the Committee and broadcast dates on public hearings for efficiency. (2) Establish a subscription option on the Parliament website for legislative business before the House to allow for dissemination of such information immediately it is introduced in the House, thus providing ample time for the public to prepare and make submissions to relevant Committees and cure the issue of short timelines on notices for public participation. (3) Prepare legislative impact assessments – I think this is very important – on Bills before Committees and circulate widely using readily available channels to the public to enable them to understand how the Bill will impact on them and hence, make their submissions from an informed point of view. (4) Make use of social and broadcast media to enhance dialogue and awareness on Bills before Committees, to enable the public to make submissions from an informed point of view. (5) Recruit more media officers to provide the requisite support to the Committees. Finally, as a Committee, we are working very hard to ensure that we deliver on these issues, going forward. I agree that we need to supply and ensure that we proceed. I urge my colleagues that this is not a rally where we do campaigns for any positions. I beg to lay the Statement."
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