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{
    "time": "2026-06-17 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "The Speaker",
        "fr": "Le Pr\u00e9sident"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416453\" data-originallang=\"en\"> First of all, the chief government whip alluded to the possibility that the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> might not be in this chamber. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416454\" data-originallang=\"en\">Does the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"317937\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-lawton/\" title=\"Andrew Lawton\">Elgin\u2014St. Thomas\u2014London South</a> want to say something?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416453\" data-originallang=\"en\">D\u00e9j\u00e0, le whip en chef du gouvernement a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 la possibilit\u00e9 que le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> ne soit pas \u00e0 la Chambre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416454\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"317937\" href=\"/politicians/andrew-lawton/\" title=\"Andrew Lawton\">Elgin\u2014St. Thomas\u2014London\u2011Sud</a> a-t-il quelque chose \u00e0 dire?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2026/6/17/the-speaker-19/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francis-scarpaleggia/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1480/",
    "procedural": true,
    "source_id": "13589697",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Private Members' Business",
        "fr": "Affaires \u00e9manant des d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Framework on the Durability of Electronic Products and Essential Home Appliances Act",
        "fr": "Loi relative au cadre national sur la durabilit\u00e9 des produits \u00e9lectroniques et des appareils domestiques essentiels"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F17%2F"
    }
}