Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: 456 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 15, 2008 Thank you, hon. Shakeel. You have put a very important thing to notice. It is true there is no a quorum. Ring the Division Bell. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, we have a quorum now. Could you, please, take your seats? It is a bit interesting that we had no quorum and yet, we had challenged the Minister about his Bill today. So, we will continue with the debate. Is there anybody wishing to debate? view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Order, Mr. Wathika! There is a point of order by Mr. Dache. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you for reminding us, Mr. Wathika. That is his maiden speech, Mr. Dache. Please, allow him to continue. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Order! Order! Mr. Dache, maiden speeches are not supposed to be interrupted through points of order. So, allow the hon. Member to finish his contribution. I will allow you to make your contribution. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you. Let me consult on that one because, my understanding is that, normally, I should not allow for any interference when an hon. Member is making his maiden speech in this House. I have already ruled that we should not interfere when hon. Members are making their maiden speeches. So, if you could allow that ruling to stand, the hon. Member on the Floor would not have been interfered with. view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Please, take your seat! view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Please, continue, Mr. Wathika! view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, Mr. Shakeel needed clarification on the issue of quorum. I want to apologise that we are not getting the actual exclusion of the issue of quorum when it comes to maiden speeches. So, if the hon. Member would like to raise it again, he is free to do so now. Are you satisfied that we now have quorum? view
• 15 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: I would like to say that we will do a clear clarification because the exclusion seems to talk of no interruption. If you start your maiden speech with a quorum and it goes down when you are still on the Floor, the fact that you are not supposed to be interfered with supersedes the quorum issue at that time. So, we will clarify and bring it later to the Floor of the House. Since we have only about 30 minutes to go and we have quorum, we will continue. view