House debates

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Dissent from Ruling

12:17 pm

Photo of Christopher PyneChristopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

Of course, it has been complied with. It was complied with right at the beginning of the debate. Unlike you, we know that you have to put dissent motions in writing, have them moved and seconded. That is why it was put down right at the beginning of the debate, you silly goose! No wonder everyone behind you is talking about getting rid of you as Leader of the House. My point is that we have dissented from the Deputy Speaker’s ruling because his ruling was wrong. It breaches precedent previously established in this House. If the right of the House to ask a member to be no longer heard is taken away from the opposition or, in fact, any member of the parliament, it would be a huge breach of the parliamentary requirements of the Westminster system. This right allows the opposition or any member to move that a member be no longer heard when they are being irrelevant, when they are traducing the good name of the parliament and when they are using motions such as the one moved by the government for stunts rather than for getting on with the business of government. (Time expired)

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