{"id":9995,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/9995/?format=json","text_counter":408,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"(vi) Catering Committee","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our Standing Orders are very clear that once hon. Members are appointed to Government, they relinquish their positions in the Parliamentary Committees, and that where a Member resigns we need to replace them. The Party Whips consulted, following which the names were brought to the House Business Committee, which approved them and I am presenting these names to the House for formal blessings, because the Standing Orders require that the House actually appoints and sets up these Committees. I am, therefore, presenting these names here for formal endorsement by the House, so that we can get ahead with the Committees’ sittings."}