Mr Speaker, the Chief Whip of the Majority Party has withdrawn these three motions that are on the Order Paper. This raises an issue of applicability of the Rules and the possible abuse of power by the office of the Speaker.
By withdrawing the three motions, the Chief Whip of the Majority Party is preventing this House from debating this issue. I submit to you, Mr Speaker, that once tabled on the Order Paper with the consent of everyone, the motions belong to the House and we should have an opportunity, as the Chief Whip of the Opposition is suggesting, to actually discuss what went on; how was it possible for something so outrageous to go through, then prompting a necessary withdrawal as has happened now?