Ruling
September 25, 1985
Application accepted
Hon. John Bosley
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The conditions of the Standing Orders with respect to the urgency of the matter have been met.
(When the Speaker put the question for leave to move the adjournment of the House, more than five but fewer than twenty Members rose. The Speaker called in the Members to vote, where upon a discussion a rose. The vote was then taken and was unanimous in favour of the debate. The Speaker scheduled the debate for eight o'clock that day.).
Sources cited Standing Order 31.
References Debates, September 20, 1985, pp. 6836-7; September 23, 1985, p. 6867.
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Holding
"The application for an emergency debate is granted as the matter is deemed urgent under the Standing Orders."
AI Summary
The Speaker granted an application for an emergency debate, finding the matter met the required conditions of urgency.
AI Analysis
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- Sustained
- Tone
- Neutral
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- Routine Proceedings
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