Thursday, 24 March 2022

Rulings by the Chair

Constituency questions

The PRESIDENT (18:08): Dr Cumming, while you are in the chamber, I have reviewed your constituency question asked today, and I have determined that as the question does not relate to a specific matter within your region it is not within the standing orders. Therefore I rule it out of order.

Dr Cumming: On a point of order, President, I looked at the sessional orders very closely to be able to write that constituency question, and obviously it relates to the 17 constituency questions which are in my region that I need answers for.

The PRESIDENT: It was not a constituency question. It was a follow-up matter, and I think you should have raised it as a point of order, not a constituency question.

Mr Ondarchie: On a point of order, related to that, President, I wonder if the government could use their wisdom on this case and just take Dr Cumming’s attempt at a constituency question as part of their information and deal with that accordingly.