Points of Order — Government Notice of Motion No. 2—Presence on Order Paper
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I wish to raise with you a point of order about Government notice of motion No. 2, which has sat on the Order Paper for something in the order of 6 months. I note that a member of this House can have a notice of motion on the Order Paper for only 1 week before it is removed or debated. Can I, through you, ask the Leader of the House when that motion will be debated and for an assurance that, in fact, it will be debated before the election.
At the request of the Hon Jim Sutton the notice of motion was removed from the Order Paper last week, and does not appear on the Order Paper today.
💬 Madam SPEAKER: The matter has been removed. It is not on the Order Paper at this stage.
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Can we take it from the Leader of the House that the Hon Jim Sutton is not prepared to have that debate with Gerry Eckhoff, and that once it was drawn to Mr Sutton’s attention that a debate would be called, he quickly removed the notice?
💬 Madam SPEAKER: That is not a point of order.
🗣️ Spoke in this debate (3)
- Hon Sir Michael Cullen (New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
- Gerrard Eckhoff (ACT New Zealand — List Member)
- Rodney Hide (ACT New Zealand — List Member)