Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

Leave is not granted.

Senator Whish-Wilson interjecting—

Pursuant to the rule adopted in the last parliament and this one, one can seek to suspend standing orders during formal business, but one does not get to debate it. So, it does not provide the opportunity for a speech. There is a contingent notice on the Notice Paper that suspension of standing orders can be moved to make a statement. That is what I have just been advised.