Tabling of Documents — Standing Orders
I seek leave to table Standing Order 62.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
GERRY BROWNLEE: I seek leave to table Standing Order 63.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
GERRY BROWNLEE: I seek leave to table Standing Order 64.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
GERRY BROWNLEE: I seek leave to table Standing Order 65.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
GERRY BROWNLEE: I seek leave to table Standing Order 66.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. This is getting ridiculous. Why do we not table the whole book? I seek leave to table the Standing Orders.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
I seek leave to table Standing Order 67.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. At what point will this conduct of Mr Brownlee’s be deemed by the Speaker to be, first, trifling with the Chair, second, bringing the House into disrepute, and, third, causing disorder, and at what point will you eject Mr Brownlee from the House for being guilty of all of those things?
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Thank you, Mr Mark. I heard what you said.
I seek leave to table Speaker’s ruling 128/1.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Is there any objection to that course of action being taken? There is.
I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Speaker’s ruling 20/1 refers to behaviour that is trifling with the House. I suggest that Mr Brownlee’s behaviour, by repeatedly seeking to table particular Standing Orders, is disorderly, and that under that ruling you may wish to reflect on that matter.
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): Thank you. Speaker’s ruling 20/1 states: “Constantly raising trifling points of order is itself disorderly.” Mr Brownlee has raised a number of points of order. So far the House has chosen to ignore them by not giving the member leave. The member is raising trifling points of order. To continue to raise them is in itself disorderly. The member will desist.
Gerry Brownlee: Point of order—
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (H V Ross Robertson): I have already made a ruling on that, Mr Brownlee, and there the matter ends. If the member continues to raise points of order, then he leaves me very little option.