Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill
I move that the Committee report progress.
The CHAIRPERSON (Eric Roy): I listened very carefully to what the Speaker just said. I do not believe that the Committee of the whole House has transacted any process or business since he made that ruling, so I am bound to overrule the member.
I raise a point of order, Mr Chairperson. I think if you had listened really carefully to the Speaker you would have heard that he said that the motion as previously moved was not valid because it was done by way of a point of order and not by way of a speech.
The CHAIRPERSON (Eric Roy): That is quite irrelevant to the point the Speaker made, which was that no business of the Committee of the whole House has been transacted. I put the motion and it was defeated, so I am ruling that the motion is out of order.
I move, That the Speaker be recalled to rule on the Chairperson’s ruling that the motion to report progress was out of order.
Motion agreed to.
House resumed.
Speaker Recalled
🗣️ Spoke in this debate (2)
- Sir Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Hutt South)
- Hon Grant Robertson (New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Wellington Central)