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Mr. Speaker, Sir, we come to the end of an important Session of the Lok Sabha.
Indeed, one could call it a historic Session, for in this Session, we have taken several
legislative steps to empower our people, especially the weaker sections of our society, and
thereby to strengthen our body politic. Sir, I know there have been trying moments and I
once again reiterate my sincere and heartfelt appreciation of your fortitude, wisdom, and
your inestimable patience and transparent sincerity in trying to conduct the proceedings of
this august House.
However, I am sure you will agree with me when I say that in this Session we have
been able to transact more business and conduct more meaningful debate than has been
the case so far in the 14th Lok Sabha. I would like to place on record my own personal
appreciation of your effort in this regard, as well as the appreciation of the Members of this
House. I would like to thank the Deputy-Speaker and the Panel of Chairmen for their fair
conduct of the proceedings of this House. This has enabled us to transact considerable
business in the House.
Sir, there has been a visible improvement in the volume of business transacted during
this Session including the number of Bills passed and issues discussed through Adjournment
Motions and Calling Attention Motions. We were also able to discuss 10 statements made
by various Ministers, including the one I made on my visit to the United States. There is also
the qualitative dimension of the quality of debate and discourse. This was certainly of a
higher order in this session. In all honesty, I cannot say that I was entirely satisfied with our
record in making good use of the time at our disposal. However, I do feel reassured that
were able to do substantial.