Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I have a point of order. Standing order 121, Form of amendments and seconding, states under subsection (c):

The amendment must be relevant to the question it proposes to amend.

The substance of this amendment is to make procedural changes to a procedural amendment for the sole and specific purpose of one bill, which may or may not come from the Senate. This is a very similar issue to the one which we previously raised with you, and that is the contrived nature of pretending that this amendment is relevant to the question that it proposes to amend, when it is specifically, primarily and substantially devoted to one particular bill, which is not the subject of the motion before the House.

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