Bills

Road Traffic (Drug Testing) Amendment Bill

Second Reading

Adjourned debate on second reading.

(Continued from 4 July 2018.)

The SPEAKER: Member for Hammond.

Mr PEDERICK: I move:

That the debate be postponed.

Mr PICTON: I am trying to speak.

The SPEAKER: Yes, and I believe that the member for Hammond sought the call first.

Motion carried.

Mr PICTON: Point of order: twice this morning, in terms of private members' bills, I have risen to speak on motions that have been on the Notice Paper for some time and have previously been adjourned by the member for Hammond. You have called the member for Hammond even though he has previously adjourned it and even though I was standing and ready to speak on the bills. Is it not customary for the Speaker to alternate the calls between the two sides to enable debate to occur?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: Point of order to the point of order: clearly this is a proposal to dissent from your ruling, Mr Speaker, which the member well knows must be put with a substantive motion.

The SPEAKER: Yes, that is true; there must be a substantive motion to do so. However, for clarity I advise that standing orders say that if there is more than one member seeking the call the Speaker will call who he thought rose first, and today that was the member for Hammond. If the member for Kaurna would like to bring a substantive motion he is more than welcome to do so. Mr Clerk.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The order of the day has not been read out yet. I call to order the member for Florey and the member for Kaurna.