EXEMPTED BUSINESS (Motion)

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

The Leader of the House (Mr Wong Kan Seng): Mr Speaker, Sir, may I seek your consent and the general assent of Members present to move that the proceedings on the motion of the Member for Braddell Heights today be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 44 so far as is necessary to enable Members to speak more than once to any question and without being subject to the time limit for speeches.

With the consent of Mr Speaker and the general assent of Members present, Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved,

That the proceedings on item 1 in the Order Paper today be exempted from the provision that no Member shall speak more than once to any question and from the time limits for speeches laid down in paragraphs 3 and 8(A) of Standing Order No. 44.