Points of Order — Petitions—Number of Signatories

I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. I hate to interrupt at this point in the proceedings, but, traditionally, the Clerk reads out the number of signatories to a petition. A lot of people work very hard to gather a number of signatures, and I just raise, for the House’s consideration, that they might like to hear those numbers.

It’s a long-lost tradition. Now, if the member had been listening over quite recent years, he would’ve seen that that tradition has not been continued. I think the only occasion it’s occurred is where the House has been asked to note that a certain number of people have signed some other petition.