Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Hansard source

The motion passed earlier today requires that the question be proposed from the chair and put immediately, so I propose the question:

That the Senate does not insist on its amendments to which the House has disagreed.

That needs to be put immediately. The question now is that the Senate not insist on its amendments. Paragraph (d) of the motion agreed to earlier today says:

… the question that the Senate not insist on its amendments be proposed from the chair and put immediately.

Honourable senators interjecting—

I will give senators the call. If you will be quiet, I will give you the call when you seek it, but I make the ruling that 'be put immediately' means immediately. There is no other way to read that phrase. Senator McKim, you raise a point of order?