Points of Order — Chamber. Lobbies, and Galleries—Conduct in Chamber, Noise and Exiting Chamber

I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I want to raise a point of order about the general order of the House, and, in particular, the question around noise and people exiting the House. I wonder if you could give us some guidance on what the Speakers’ rulings in the past have been in this area, and in what way you intend to implement them differently.

I don’t want to relitigate yesterday’s incident because I know you wouldn’t want me to do that. But I do want to indicate that it has—you’ve exercised great restraint, in terms of the way that the House operates, during your time in the Chair, but at the end of question time there has been a fairly consistent level of noise that has overwhelmed, I think, the business of the House. So if you could advise us whether there is any new ruling or any particular ruling there that we should be aware of.

No. I know the member was indulging in some delaying tactics, but I will just refer the member to the ruling that I gave yesterday. It still stands. I am going to look to the whips on both sides of the House to exercise a bit more control over their members as they are exiting and, in particular, that they behave themselves.