Ruling
February 2, 1981
Reference to Senate proceedings
Hon. Jeanne Sauvé
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
According to one authority, references to debates in the other House are out of order for the simple reason that the debates of one of the two Houses remain hypothetically unknown to the other. The Senate has rules to deal with its own questions of privilege and it is in that Chamber that the questions issuing from their discussions must be dealt with.
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Holding
"References to proceedings and debates in the Senate are out of order in the House of Commons."
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The Speaker affirms the rule that members cannot refer to debates in the Senate, as each legislative body manages its own proceedings independently.
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