PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 663
Mr. Deputy Speaker: I take it as a point of order. My ruling is this that until the moment.......
Shri Syamnandan Sahaya (Bihar) : Parliamentary system of Government is by discussion and persuasion. The hon. Dr. Deshmukh is not able to persuade the Hon. Law Minister. It is possible my friend Mr. Kamath may be able to persuade the law Minister by his arguments. So, why not give some chance for discussion ?
Mr. Deputy Speaker : The point raised here is at what stage does the House get seized of a motion. It is not as if as soon as any hon. Member gives notice of an amendment, moves it, the House gets seized of it. The Speaker has to place it before the House and then only the House gets seized of it. But at that stage it is open to the hon. Member not to press it. I asked the Law Minister to give his reaction. He said briefly that he is not agreeable to it. If the hon. Member wanted me to put the Amendment to the House, I would have done so and then there could be some discussion, and the Hon. Law Minister would have convinced the House about his attitude, in reply. Then ultimatly it would be for the House to decide the matter. At that later time if the hon. Member who made the motion wanted to withdraw, the consent of the House would be necessary. It is quite possible that the House might have been convinced one way or the other and therefore it would be for the House to allow the hon. Member to withdraw or not. Here I asked the Hon. Law Minister and after hearing him the hon. Mover did not press the motion. Therefore, I did not put the motion to the House and it is not seized of it. I cannot therefore, put any motion to the House merely to satisfy a number of hon. Members for the purpose of talking on this matter. I am not going to allow any improper spending of the time of the House.
So far as Mr. Sahaya’s point is concerned, it is open to any other Member if he was satisfied with the amendment, to have himself given notice of the amendment. I cannot allow any hon. Member to take advantage of any amendment in somebody else’s name. The time of the House is so precious that I cannot allow any discussions which are not germane to any issue before it.