My understanding is that Mr. Van Loan raised a point of order in the House regarding the acceptability of the bill Mr. Silva introduced. The Speaker delivered his ruling indicating that, in his view, the bill did not contravene the rules he was bound to apply, and he left it to the procedure and House affairs committee to determine whether, under the standing orders for private members' business, the bill would be votable. He did not pre-empt any decision by the standing committee.
When this bill was considered by the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business, the subcommittee decided that it should not be votable as it contravened criterion number three of the criteria for non-votability that had been adopted by the committee. That report was tabled here last week. And under the Standing Orders, Mr. Silva does have the right to appear to appeal to the committee to overturn the decision of the subcommittee.