Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2000-03-13 15:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "The Speaker",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>The hon. member reiterates a point that was brought up earlier. The fact is that the legislative counsel, the lawyers who are there, do not have in the traditional sense the client-lawyer relationship only because there are other people involved.</p>\n<p>That has been the way. It has been our tradition since the beginning. I would invite the hon. member to please have a look at my ruling of this morning to understand why we arrived at this decision.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2000/3/13/the-speaker-23/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": true,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Privilege",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2000/3/13/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2000%2F3%2F13%2F"
    }
}