Points of Order — Speaker’s Rulings—Notification of Ruling

I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, prior to question time you gave a considered ruling on a matter that I am not going to re-traverse here. We have heard in the last 48 hours from National Party sources that they were aware of your intentions prior to that ruling being delivered in the House. I just seek some reassurance from you that that is not, in fact, the case and that if you are giving any advance notice of your intentions in the House prior to doing so, all members of the House are made aware of that, not one side and not the other.

I give my absolute assurance that I discussed it with no member of the National Party whatsoever. I spent a lot of time on it. I was still working on the final wording of it as I came into the House. I certainly did not discuss it with members of the National caucus.

Standing Orders—Proposed Suspension