Question of Privilege
September 6, 1973
Miscellaneous
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The motion asks the House to censure a Member for a statement made outside the House; the purport of such a motion does not allow the Speaker to find a prima facie case of privilege. "It is a well-known rule that Members ought not to comment in the House about proceedings in a committee until such committee has reported to the House. This cannot possibly apply to statements made outside the House." There is no precedent to support the suggestion that the action of the House in ordering a matter to be considered by the committee is also a prohibition on any comments about it, except in committee.
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Holding
"The rule prohibiting comments on committee proceedings before a report is tabled does not apply to statements made outside the House."
AI Summary
A ruling clarifying that the prohibition on commenting on committee work before a report is tabled applies only to statements made inside the House, not outside.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Not specified
- Significance
Low
High