PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE
BRITAIN AND N.Z.
MR ORAM’S COMPARISON
From Our Own Reporter ... WELLINGTON, November 7. iff M sure that our system has hJa ‘ he •j ,l * r u Ues wt dad assumed it had, said the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr M. H. Oram) to,rnLi h ’ s return from the official mens ®‘T°m? h h neW l House of Comtnons. I may have to revise my ideas about time limits.” Orams comment was inspired ma fUS r e ?h >ei x? nce ln wa tohing proceedings of the House of Commons. There is no time limit on speeches in the House of Commohs. but the average time occupied by speakers on all orJiSf ar a y n S h b o J u e r CtS a . Mr Oram said that there was a verv c!Tmmon Ul:b M ap ?. lied in the House Commons. Mr Speaker simply overt?m» e ho the lo 9uacious speaker next rOS 5s frr as he could see and hear, added Mr Oram, the British system worked perfectly In New Zealand the problem was fena2i h » atever . th J‘ time 'unit speakers rnfftad t 0 SPeak f ° r the full tir " e P cr '
“t rinVt h LZ a I? e time ” said Mr Oram, I don t see how we can alter it withthe EX' re i V ' S i° n by a rotntnittee of ffie PerhaPS make
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26264, 8 November 1950, Page 6
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