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"content": "The substantive business of the House is actually Government Bills. Everything else is peripheral and secondary. The Government Bills are determined by none other than the Government which has the majority in the House Business Committee. That is the practice. Under no authority, either constitutional or provided for under the Standing Orders, can the Chair direct how the House Business Committee and the Government should arrange its business. You have talked about a stranger and all but there is no stranger because we do not even know about it. The Chair has no information on that. The matter can only be dealt with effectively in the Committee that you belong to yourself. If you decide to go beyond that, it is provided for in the Standing Orders. So, you can bring your own Motion to the Floor of the House. Maybe, with the leave of the House, you could seek that the same be implemented; you can use certain provisions in the Standing Orders. The House does not adjourn because a Minister has played some tricks. The House adjourns because it believes that it has to go on a recess. It is by its own leave that the House can go on a recess. The House does not go on a recess by the direction of a Minister. So, we went on recess last time because the House so determined. Hon. Members, Order No.8 is deferred to Thursday next week because the processing of the amendments is not complete. The amendments are not complete. Under the circumstances, it is now deferred to Thursday next week. That is the information in the domain of the Chair."
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