As a rule the Speaker does not give explanations for his decisions. Generally speaking, what I would hope that this House would stay away from would be remarks that are of such a personal nature that they do not really bear upon the jurisdiction of a particular minister or any particular member.
When I am in the Chair and when these decisions have to be taken, I have to make a decision on how “personal” they are. I judged today that we were getting a little bit close. I asked the hon. member to be very judicious in his choice of words and then I asked the member to put the question. The question still had the preamble and that is why I intervened.