Ruling
June 12, 2002
Leave refused: fisheries; emergency debate already granted on the same subject a few months earlier
Hon. Peter Milliken
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Speaker:
I thank the hon. Member for St. John's West for his submission.
As I said, I did grant an emergency debate on this very subject a few months ago because I believed there was some urgency to the matter. However I must say that nothing he has said today has convinced me that the matter has become more urgent today than it was when I granted the previous debate.
Accordingly, I am of the view that his request does not meet the exigencies of the Standing Orders at this time..
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Debates, June 12, 2002, pp. 12615-6.
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Holding
"A request for an emergency debate on a subject for which a debate was recently granted will be denied unless new, increased urgency can be demonstrated."
AI Summary
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate because the matter's urgency had not increased since a previous debate was held on the same topic.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Neutral
- Procedural Stage
- Request for Emergency Debate
- Significance
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