The SPEAKER —Order! In accordance with standing order 133, I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion that the member for North Sydney be no longer heard, on which a division was called for and deferred in accordance with the standing order. No further debate is allowed.

A division having been called and the bells being rung—

Mr Truss —Mr Speaker—

The SPEAKER —If the Leader of the Nationals is seeking the call, I will allow him to come to the dispatch box and seek clarification.

Mr Truss —I will ask the question on the record then: why is this one being put to the vote when with the two previous ones—I think quite wisely—you decided not to do so? It is obvious that the—

The SPEAKER —The Leader of the Nationals will resume his seat. I thank him for the question. The reason that those divisions are otiose is that the time allotted for the suspension of standing orders, being the 25 minutes, has well and truly expired, whereas this motion was—regrettably for me—based on a motion dissenting from a ruling from the chair, which does not have such a time limitation.

Question put: