Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The first proviso I would make to the member for New England is that I am not going to revisit actions of the House on an earlier occasion. The House dealt with that matter yesterday in what appeared to be to you and your two Independent colleagues a satisfactory manner. I would simply say that the chair has some difficulties under the standing orders because some of these things are done by agreement. A lot of things that happen around here are through the understanding of the different tendencies of the chamber. If there is a solution that the member for New England can suggest that might be proposed to the Procedure Committee for their study, I would suggest that that would be a course of action. As he and his two colleagues know, my door is open to continuing discussions about any grievance that they might have.

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