SHORTER SPEECHES

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2305, 6 September 1929, Page 7

SHORTER SPEECHES

NO MORE EXTENSIONS

Not once, but several times, in tli.e course of the present session of Parliament, the member for Mathura, Mr D. M'Doiigall, ha« risen in the House <as a new member to protest against what hei regarded as a waste of time and to urge members to get on with the business. He bus again voiced a protest against the principle of extending the speaking time of private members, and emphatically indicated what be intended to do to prevent such extensions. , | Mr J. O’Brien (Labour, Westland) moved an. extension for Mr W. 11. Field alter the member for Olaki bad spoken bis full hour. • Mr M'Dougall immediately rose to a point of order. “I don’t for one moment want to put any obstacle in tile way of the speaker,” ho said, ‘‘but I want to inakei this announcement to the Houiio. In future I will 'oppose any extension of time for any member, except the Prime Minister, the Leader of tbo Opposition, or the Leader of the Labour Party.” (Voics: Hear, hear). ' Mr Field thereupon resumed bis speech. When an extension of, time is moved, one dissentient voice suffices to vquash it.