S.O.71 Reflection on vote of the House
71. A Member shall not reflect on a previous decision of the House unless debating the rescission of such a vote.
| Related Orders, Precedents and Rulings |
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| S.O. 79 of 1994 (Repealed) | 79. A Member shall not reflect on a previous decision of the House unless debating the rescission of such vote. |
| 2002 Precedent | 1. The Speaker noted that he had allowed a question that reflected on a previous vote of the House as it was partly based on information drawn from a pamphlet. The Speaker also noted that a question asked by the Leader of the Opposition during question time, relating to a bill on which the House had already voted, was also allowed as the matter was one which was already in the public arena and because more latitude is provided to the Leader of the Opposition than to other members. The Speaker advised that any further questions related to the bill would be ruled out of order. PD 31/10/02, 6361 |
| 2001 Precedent | 1. During the course of a personal explanation about allegations made during Private Member's Statements, a Member took a point of order under S.O. 79, that the House had already agreed that the Private Members' Statement be noted, therefore the Member could not speak about the matter unless he moved a recission of that motion. When the Speaker ruled that there was no point of order, the Member gave notice of a dissent from that ruling. PD 24/10/01, 17921
PD 25/10/01, 18033 2. Following a motion to suspend Standing and Sessional Orders the Shadow Leader of the House reflected on a previous decision of the House. The Speaker reminded the Member that the House had already made a decision on that matter. PD 28/11/01, 19056 |
| 1993 Precedent | 1. Point of order taken that member had no right to impugn other members of the Parliament or to refer to how they might have voted had they been members of this Parliament. The Deputy Speaker stated that she did not believe there was any need for the member to withdraw the remark but suggested that he was out of order in reflecting on a previous debate in the House. PD 29/4/93, 1831 |
| 1992 Precedent | 1. The Speaker stated that subsequent discussion reflecting on previous decision was precluded. PD 4/3/92, 417 2. Point of order taken that speech by member cast reflections upon a vote of the House. The Speaker replied that he did not believe that member was referring specifically to that area affected by the legislation. However, he noted the point of order and directed the member that any comments he might make should be confined solely to the area not affected by the legislation. PD 8/5/92, 4102 |
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