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April 23, 1975
"No amendment can exceed the terms of [a Royal Recommendation] regardless of by whom it is moved, and no action taken by the House, by any Member of the House, by any standing committee, and least...
The Speaker rules that amendments cannot exceed a Royal Recommendation and the Chair cannot unilaterally send a bill back to committee.
April 10, 1974
There should be no attempt to clarify a ruling which was made on another occasion because that would not be according to well-established practice. The matter will be allowed to stand where it is...
The Speaker denies a request to clarify a previous ruling, citing established practice and closing further debate on the matter.
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 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 1, 1973
The House has concurred in a committee report recommending "that changes suggested by Members be confined strictly to correction of errors and essential minor alterations". The accepted practice...
This ruling clarifies that Members can only make minor corrections to the official record (Hansard), with substantial changes requiring a formal motion.
September 14, 1973
"It is long-established practice, going back at least 100 years, that there can be more than one motion on the same subject appearing on the Order Paper." When the House takes a decision on or...
The Speaker clarifies the long-standing practice allowing multiple similar motions on the Order Paper, governed by the rule of anticipation and House consent.
June 4, 1973
"... the rules... do not prohibit a Parliamentary Secretary from asking a question or from replying to one... [W]e have had the practice for some years in both instances... [T]he Standing Orders...
The Speaker's ruling confirms that established House practice allows Parliamentary Secretaries to participate in asking and answering questions.
May 31, 1973
The practice concerning motions moved under Standing Order 43 is clear: unanimous consent is required to move the motion; a single nay indicates that unanimous consent has not been given.
A statement clarifying that motions under Standing Order 43 require unanimous consent, which is denied by a single 'nay'.
May 29, 1973
It is "difficult to agree with the proposition that so-called unparliamentary language would be irregular when it refers to the conduct or statements of Members inside the House, but that the same...
The Speaker rules that the prohibition on unparliamentary language applies equally to a Member's conduct and statements made both inside and outside the House.
May 14, 1973
Rules of Debate / Miscellaneous May 14, 1973 Debates p. 3726 Background During second reading debate on Bill C-2, an Act to amend the Criminal Code, Mr. Reynolds (Burnaby-Richmond-Delta) sought to...
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