All parliamentary appearances
Entries 5481 to 5490 of 7480.
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18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of clarification, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe for his benefit, the reason why this was supposed to be under Order No.4 is that the way the Minister attempted to give notice of that Motion was faulty. So, that is why it should be done procedurally under Order No.4.
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister has just tabled the Budget Policy Statement, which should have come latest 21st of March. I am aware that the Fiscal Management Act gives the Assistant Minister the window to do so within one week if the House is in recess. If you go to the same Fiscal Management Act, which has not been repealed, Section 8(2) says:-
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can see hon. Githae standing before the Chair proposes the Question since the Motion has already been seconded. Is it in order for hon. Githae to proceed before the Question is proposed?
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise on a point of order to raise a matter of constitutionality.
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, our Constitution is very clear, under Article 261, and I would like to take this House through Article 261. I am doing this because the Speaker has made a ruling previously; that matters of constitutionality can be raised at any stage during debate before a Bill is passed.
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17 Apr 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise on a matter of constitutionality, bearing in mind that there is precedent that the Speaker has set previously, when he said that a matter touching on constitutionality could be raised at any time during the stages of processing a Bill. I rise on this point of order because I feel that if we continue debating this Bill as it is, it will be unconstitutional. Why do I say so? Article 261(1) of the Constitution spells out as follows:- “Parliament shall enact any legislation required by this Constitution to be enacted to govern a particular ...
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