Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2005-02-04 12:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "The Deputy Speaker",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>I thank the member for Elmwood\u2014Transcona for that. Marleau and Montpetit is quite specific on the rights of members. It states on page 433 that during question period:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Members may not insist on an answer nor may a Member insist that a specific Minister respond to his or her question.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I appreciate the intervention of the member for Elmwood\u2014Transcona and I believe that it is a point of debate rather than a point of order. On the same point of order, the member for Elmwood--Transcona with some new information.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2005/2/4/the-deputy-speaker-14/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": true,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Points of Order",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2005/2/4/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2005%2F2%2F4%2F"
    }
}