Points of Order — Absence of Members—Effect on Voting

I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I have also received reports of a number of Government MPs having been seen outside of the House, so on that basis I am going to ask to move that a personal vote be called, in accordance with Standing Order 144.

No, I have concluded the vote; it is all finished. If the member had concerns, as I mentioned earlier, he should have brought it up earlier. Once we have taken the vote, once I have announced the result and the Clerk has read the third reading, it is finished. That is the end of the matter. That is how we have always operated. There is no recourse. We are now moving on. Your point of order is out of order.

💬 Ron Mark: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker.

The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): If you are relitigating what I have said, Mr Mark, that would be a very serious matter as far as the House is concerned.

I understand and appreciate that, but I did raise a point of order prior to the third reading for your announcement, and I did attempt to get that through to you, and you overruled and moved forward. My—

Once we have started the vote, when you raised a point of order I thought it was in regard to the process that we were going through at that stage. Your point of order was about what you considered to be some affairs of certain members of Parliament, which is a very serious matter—a very serious matter. It is an allegation that this House would take very, very seriously, and that is why I have considered that this is a matter that you need to go and lodge through the Privileges Committee if you feel aggrieved by it. As far as the vote on this bill is concerned, we have finished that and I will not entertain any further discussion on it. The matter is finished. So we now move to the next bill on the Order Paper.