12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have not been notified of the whereabouts of the Assistant Minister. Maybe, he is still on his way.
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12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Unless he was appointed and sworn in when I was out of the country, I am not aware that he is back in the Ministry.
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12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the constitutional day, when Ministers, Assistant Ministers and everyone else, including all of us, were sworn in, I noticed that his name was missing. That is why I am saying that if he has been sworn in since that time, I am not aware. I think he is here he can say.
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12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to withdraw that word. What I really mean is that I am not aware he has been reinstated. Is that a better word?
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12 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek your indulgence and that of the House because we are not ready for the Committee of the whole House. This is because when this Bill was presented to the House, there was already a Private Memberâs Bill on the same issue. The hon. Member was generous enough to come to the House and contribute to the Government. We, therefore, agreed that we would sit down and try to marry the two Bills because that is the only way we can help this industry. We are yet to do that because to ...
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6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we shall ensure that they issue that Statement.
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6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as this has been pending for quite a while, I think next Wednesday is good enough.
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6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I acknowledge but, if I was to say tomorrow, I would need to find---
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6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I accept!
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6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, once upon a time, I was a Permanent Secretary. I never wrote a letter that contained what is contained in the second paragraph of this letter. I would like to seek your indulgence to check with this office what they had in mind; indeed, the hon. Member is right in saying that perhaps, a civil servant should not write to a party Member to ask him to convene a meeting of party people. The first paragraph is quite in order, because he is notifying him of a meeting in his constituency and that is always done. That ...
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