Page 4891 - Week 16 - Thursday, 29 November 1990
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adjourn this Assembly. Clearly the workings of the Assembly this evening, despite an arrangement made across the floor by Mr Humphries with Mr Berry, have fallen into disorder.
Mrs Grassby: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: it was the Government which walked out and caused that; it was not us. We stayed behind; Government members walked out. Mr Collaery went from one desk to another and then they all left. Let us get it straight right now, Mr Speaker. It was Mr Collaery who moved them all out of this house, one at a time.
Mr Collaery: Mr Speaker, you would have observed a number of Government members meeting in the chamber outside immediately after that issue. We were here on the premises, as we were all the time. This is not a chamber that has 100 or 200 members, and there are things to be done. An arrangement which was reached across the floor is clearly in danger of breaking down. Mr Moore's behaviour in running across the floor and displaying that newspaper hoarding, in my view, constitutes grave disorder.
Mr Moore: Imputation, Mr Speaker. I certainly did not run across the floor.
Mr Collaery: He dashed across the floor.
MR SPEAKER: Members, this is totally unbecoming of this house.
Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, I have put a motion. Mr Collaery clearly seeks to continue the debate so that the motion cannot be put and, in fact, I have also moved the gag, Mr Speaker. Under standing order 70 I have moved as well that the motion be put, and I ask you now, for the good workings of the Assembly, to put that motion.
Mr Connolly: There is no great disorder, Mr Collaery. We are all sitting in our places and awaiting your pearls of wisdom.
Mr Wood: Mr Collaery is the one that will not sit down and allow things to happen.
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