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March 20, 1974
The original Student Loans Act was adopted in 1964 and the Royal Recommendation which preceded it had force and effect for that session only. It would not be procedurally acceptable to suggest...
The Speaker ruled that a Royal Recommendation is session-specific and cannot be used to authorize a new bill imposing a financial charge in a subsequent session.
March 18, 1974
No motion was proposed by the Member either in his notice or in his speech. More important, the matter being raised took place 10 days ago, and there can hardly be a question of privilege in such...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege because it was not raised in a timely manner and the impugned statement was not unparliamentary.
December 21, 1973
Such strong language should not be used by Members even when speaking only about a report made in the House by a Minister or another Member, but certainly a distinction must be made. "... all...
The Speaker rules that accusing another Member of dishonesty, deliberately misleading, or lying constitutes unparliamentary language and is out of order.
December 19, 1973
"... difficulties which come up in committee, to the extent they are procedural difficulties, ought to be settled there rather than in the House". The Member's motion, which does not refer the...
The Speaker ruled that a Member's motion on committee business was a substantive motion requiring 48-hours' notice, not a question of privilege.
December 13, 1973
There is no precedent for dividing a motion preceding a bill. "... there are a large number of... precedents which indicate that a notice of a ways and means motion refers not to one single...
The Speaker ruled that a Ways and Means motion cannot be divided, citing a lack of precedent and long-established practice.
December 10, 1973
A notice of opposition "should not include argument and should not attempt indirectly to reduce an item which is not actually before the House", At this point in the proceedings there can be no...
The Speaker clarifies that a notice of opposition cannot contain arguments or indirectly amend an item not yet before the House for debate.
December 10, 1973
If a vote on the non-confidence motion is taken before 9:45 p.m., the House would then have the opportunity to look at the procedural difficulties mentioned in connection with the notices of...
The Speaker ruled that motions for concurrence in committee reports must be deferred to a future supply day and cannot be considered on a day with a non-confidence vote.
December 4, 1973
"It is well-established practice that committee proceedings cannot be brought into consideration or debate in the House except by way of a report from the committee." It is also well established...
The Speaker ruled that committee proceedings and member conduct cannot be raised in the House via a question of privilege and must be presented through a formal committee report.
November 28, 1973
At report stage, motions in amendment require notice, and are thus placed in the category of substantive motions subject to amendment and subamendment. As this is the first time an interpretation...
The Speaker ruled that a Member cannot move a subamendment to their own motion; another Member must propose it.
November 5, 1973
The proposed motion is beyond the scope of the bill. Furthermore, if the motion were accepted, nothing in the bill could give effect to it as additional legislation and amendments would be...
The Speaker ruled a motion inadmissible because it was beyond the scope of the bill under consideration.