{"id":89402,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/89402/?format=json","text_counter":39,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"The Chair would have absolutely no objection to a Minister rising and issuing a Ministerial Statement on any matter of national importance. However, the Chair is not going to convert the Question into a Statement but the Assistant Minister is at liberty to seek to give a Statement. The Question will stand dropped. So, Question No.2 by Private Notice is dropped."}