Thank you Mr. Speaker. I think the Premier, last week went quite a ways in alleviating concerns of the ordinary members in how he proposed this would be handled. It was felt that in moving this motion it would confirm and ensure that there was full debate on this particular item. The Premier has described a committee process and he had suggested it would go through that process and recommendations could be made, as this is probably the last large initiative of the Government and certainly from amalgamation point of view it was felt that it would be important that this be handled well and it be clearly understood and well debated and all implications are as many as possible of the implications of this amalgamation would be made known through that debate. And also, that it was of an important issue that all members of the legislature should have input and approve it. Thank you Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Item 16: Motions
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