Hon members, I wish to remind you that after the debate on the Second Reading of this Bill on Thursday, the Decision of Question on the Second Reading was postponed to today. Is there any objection of the Financial Markets Bill being read for a second time?
Madam Deputy Speaker, I have no objection to it, but I would like to know if there is a quorum in the House.
We can use the voting system to establish if there is a quorum. Members will press the yes button on their systems. At the moment it's being set up.
Deputy Speaker, are we not supposed to ring the bells to allow us to do the counting?
We are establishing if there is a quorum in the House. Members, could you please sit in your allocated seats and press the yes button? Have you all pressed? Do you mean that they are not working? Seemingly most of them are not working. Hon members, please be patient while the table staff are restarting the system. We will tell you when to vote.
The system is now on. Press any button. I think waiting for the system may delay us, instead why can't we use the headcount system? All that we want is to establish if we have a quorum. Could the Whips count and establish if we have a quorum?
Hon members, we do have a quorum. We are 249 in the House.
There was no debate.
Bill read a second time.