--in theory the House controls its proceedings. It can do what it wants through its Standing Orders to regulate its proceedings. If it wanted to put a disincentive into the Standing Orders to discourage what happened last December, I suppose something along those lines could be done. That's all I meant to say there. There is a possibility of putting a disincentive into your Standing Orders. But standing orders change over time, and all it takes is a change in numbers and what was put in yesterday is gone tomorrow.
On April 27th, 2010. See this statement in context.