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and get other Members. Therefore, so far as Mr. Tyagi is concerned, if he thinks that other Members outside are interested in the proceedings, I may say that the proceedings will be broadcast, this evening or tomorrow morning and then they will come to know of it.
An Honourable Member : How can they come tomorrow?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : They can come by aeroplane! It is not for the Chair to decide how they can come. All that I can say is that on an important matter of this nature, certainly Government must have given proper notice; it is not as if Government could lose sight of this important matter. The general public is interested, a large number of the Members from the Provinces and States are not here. Even it they were here, it cannot be expected that everybody should be expected to read all the books and carry all the information for use at a moment’s notice. These are the disadvantages but I am sure the honourable Members will try to do as best as they can of the opportunity. Nobody can guarantee how long the discussion will go— it may conclude this evening or go on till tomorrow.
Shri T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar (Madras : General): What is the programme for this Bill ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : It is entirely in the hands of the House. I do not think we can have a cut-and-dried programme. It is for the House to see whether it is necessary to continue discussion, and if there is sufficient debate to close it as early as possible.
Shri Mahavir Tyagi : Sir, I will put the question the other way round. May I know if there is any other Government Bill for the rest of the Session or this Bill is the only work before us, so that I can make out how long this Bill will go ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : As the honourable Member will see from the Order Paper, there is so much other work. This no doubt happens to be the first Bill for the day but tomorrow other Bills will come which are on the list. We need not spend any more time on this question.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad.
Shri B. Das (Orissa: General) : Will you please fix a time-limit for speeches ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : I cannot fix any time-limit on a controversial matter of this kind. I shall try, so long as I am in the Chair—certainly the Speaker will do it better—to see that repetition is avoided. That