Appendix — 40th Parliament Chronological Table – Selected Decisions of Speaker Peter Milliken - ProceduralInfo

40th Parliament, 1st Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
November 26, 2008	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave refused: auto industry; other opportunities for debate available
December 1, 2008	Financial Procedures	Business of ways and means Budget: Economic and Fiscal Statement; amendment to a motion for a take-note debate on the Statement
December 4, 2008	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: franking privileges; alleged misuse for political purposes

40th Parliament, 2nd Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
February 3, 2009	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language: quoting from a document
February 4, 2009	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave granted: events in Sri Lanka
February 12, 2009	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: alleged misuse of parliamentary resources and services; e-mail
February 12, 2009	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: casting aspersions on a Member
February 25, 2009	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Establishment of first Order of Precedence: Speaker’s statement regarding royal recommendation
March 12, 2009	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Motions: concurrence in committee reports; number of motions per sitting
March 12, 2009	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language: personal attacks during Statements by Members
March 24, 2009	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: use of Government resources to promote political activities
April 2, 2009	Committees	Mandate Report: admissibility questioned for committee exceeding mandate
April 29, 2009	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Statements by Members: personal attacks
May 26, 2009	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language
May 27, 2009	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: standing ovations depriving opposition parties of questions
October 1, 2009	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language: Oral Questions; adequacy of Member’s apology called into question
October 29, 2009	The House and Its Members	Miscellaneous Parliamentary Publications: correction of the Debates
October 29, 2009	The Legislative Process	Stages Consideration in committee: motions of instruction; empowering a committee to divide a bill and imposing deadline for reporting one of the two new bills back to the House
November 5, 2009	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: disturbance in the gallery; Member’s alleged complicity
November 16, 2009	Financial Procedures	Business of Supply Opposition motions: admissibility; adoption of a bill at all stages
November 19, 2009	The Legislative Process	Stages Consideration in committee: report to the House; inadmissible amendments
November 19 and 26, 2009	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: bulk mailings to another Member’s constituency of flyers (“ten percenters”) containing misleading statements; prima facie
November 23, 2009	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language: Oral Questions; distinction between calling a Minister a “liar” and using the word “lies”
November 26, 2009	Committees	Witnesses Evidence: alleged intimidation of public servant
November 30, 2009	Committees	Reports Guidelines for report related to a question of privilege in committee
December 2, 2009	The Decision-making Process	Miscellaneous Recorded divisions: Members leaving their seats during the taking of recorded divisions
December 3, 2009	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Motions: admissibility; suspension of certain Standing Orders; timetabling passage of a bill
December 4, 2009	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Tabling of Documents: Reports and Returns deposited with the Clerk of the House of Commons
December 10, 2009	Financial Procedures	Business of Supply Opposition motions: admissibility; order for the production of papers

40th Parliament, 3rd Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
March 4, 2010	The Decision-making Process	Miscellaneous Recorded divisions: casting vote
March 15, 2010	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Business of ways and means: motion not required
March 31, 2010	The Decision-making Process	Miscellaneous Recorded divisions: Members recorded as having voted twice on the same motion
April 1, 2010	The House and Its Members	Miscellaneous Use of a social networking site to reference presence or absence of Members
April 27, 2010	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House The right to institute inquiries, to require the attendance of witnesses and to order the production of documents: access to unredacted documents; prima facie; alleged intimidation of committee witnesses
June 17, 2010	Committees	Mandate Report: admissibility questioned for committee exceeding mandate
September 20, 2010	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; not presented in committee
September 20, 2010	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave refused: mandatory long form census; matter deemed not of sufficient urgency and another opportunity for debate available
October 5, 2010	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: damaging the reputation of a Member; improper use of House resources
October 5, 2010	The House and Its Members	Miscellaneous Similar Items on the Order Paper: rule of anticipation
December 14, 2010	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Statements by Members: personal attacks
February 3, 2011	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Royal recommendation
March 3, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Procedure Procedure for dealing with questions of privilege: notice requirements; questions of privilege based on committee reports
March 9, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: misleading statements by Minister; prima facie
March 9, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House The right to institute inquiries, to require the attendance of witnesses and to order the production of documents: standing committees; access to documents; prima facie
March 25, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: occupation of Member’s parliamentary office

Appendix — 40th Parliament Chronological Table

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