Chair, I have an actual point of order, and I'm going to reference House of Commons Procedure and Practice on decorum. It's that the chair may usually overlook “many incidental interruptions, such as applause, shouts of approval or disapproval, or mild heckling that sometimes punctuate speeches, as long as disorder does not arise.”
Colleagues, we do have a code of conduct now that governs how we govern ourselves in these committees. I would argue that the repeated heckling by Ms. O'Connell is.... It doesn't bother me—I mean, girl, I've seen it all—but I do think that it is adding to this disorder of the committee at present, and I think it is throwing off my colleague's train of thought.
I would just ask, Chair, that you encourage people to listen to colleagues' arguments, which they may or may not agree with—we do have a speaking order—and perhaps stop the heckling, which is my point of order on decorum.
Thank you.