28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish that you allow Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Health, to second.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that direction. I wish to request further that once the question has been put, you allow us to move the Bill.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a point of information. If the Senator would like to be informed, I think when I moved this Report, I was very clear that this Report is on health issues. We are further engaging the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the issue of China. We will also engage the Ministry of Education.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this morning, we were with the Ministry of National Treasury and Planning. Earlier on, I gave the information on the actual finance issues. All of this will come, but it has come in bite-sized packages. These is only on the health issues, but we are considering everything.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Members who have contributed to this Report. On behalf of the Committee, we are grateful for all the encouragement and we will not relax. We will continue working hard. Truly, the real stars in this work are the members of our Secretariat because they do not sleep. We have noted the concerns of Members and in subsequent Reports, for instance, on the issue that Sen. Pareno is raising, we have had engagements with players in the transport sector. We know what is going on there. We are ...
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
them and hand it over to the Departmental Committees to continue dealing with these issues. Whether it is health, budget, transport or labour. That is what we shall continue to do. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply and ask that putting of the question be deferred.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, based on the mood and our capacity to make that decision at this point.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take back that request.
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28 Apr 2020 in Senate:
I realize that we have the capacity to make the decision.
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