Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Minister--- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I am about to ask which Standing Order you are using. I want us to obey the rules of debate. That will make it easy for all of us. This is a very important item. If there is anything the Chairman of the Departmental Committee has deviated from at this point when he is reading the Report--- You will have an opportunity to debate it. We are going to open this matter to debate very soon. What he is giving us is what they gathered. If you can get that fact, then you will wait for your opportunity to give ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, the job of a Select Committee is to receive evidence. If you look at Standing Order No.160(5), it states thus:- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: "The deliberations of a select Committee shall be confined to the matter referred to it by the House and any extensions or limitation thereof directed by the House and, in the case of a Select Committee---" view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: What I wanted to refer to is Standing Order No.162 (2) which says:- view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: "A report of a select committee, together with the minutes of the proceedings of the committee, and with such note or record of any evidence by the committee as the committee may deem fit, shall be laid on the Table of the House by the Chairman of the select committee or by some other Member authorised by the committee in that behalf". view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: What the Chairman of the Committee has done, and I think that is the contention that is coming out, is on the issue of recording. The Standing Order does not say that you must have the record. It is either notes and minutes. Sometimes, the investigations of the Committee could be out there. So, actually the Chairman of the Committee is right to refer to any evidence that has been received by the Committee. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I also want to say that when the Chair of a Committee makes any reference to the conclusions of the Committee--- I think it is the expectation of this House that when we give an assignment to a Committee, it is up to us, as a House, to actually give what we think is for or against. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I think we should allow the Chairman of the Committee to present the Report the way it is. Why do we debate a report if we think what the Committee thought is very correct? Why do we have to vote on it? We vote on it because whatever the Committee has said, once it is owned by the House, is debatable. We have the right to decide either way, even on the very report. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: So, Chairman of the Committee, please, continue! view