House debates Questions to the Speaker

Parliamentary Language

Wednesday, 13 September 2006 House of Representatives

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen Prospect, Australian Labor Party

3:11 pm

Mr Speaker, I refer you to page 188 of House of Representatives Practice, which states:

It is not acceptable to raise points of order concerning proceedings earlier in the day or concerning proceedings of a previous day.

This is a ruling that you have enforced previously, Mr Speaker. Can I ask: when is it acceptable for a member to raise a point of order regarding something which has happened earlier in the day, as the Leader of the House just did, and when is it not?

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