Order, please. I have the honour to report that, the House having attended on His Excellency the Governor General in the Senate chamber, I informed His Excellency that the choice of Speaker had fallen upon me. On your behalf, I made the usual claim for your privileges which His Excellency was pleased to confirm to you.
I wish to inform the House that in accordance with the presentation made by the government, pursuant to Standing Order 55(1), I have caused to be published a special Order Paper giving notice of two government motions. I now lay upon the table the relevant documents.