Madame Speaker, given the agreement that was made in your office, one would have expected some of form of communication with the hon Leader of the Opposition in this regard that: Firstly, you were not going to actually make a ruling; and secondly, what this then suggests going into the future for any Joint Sitting is that our freedom of speech in this Chamber is severely curtailed.
We cannot use words such as 'factions' in a debate anymore. [Interjections.] I mean, we have more freedom of speech outside than we do inside the Chamber. This is a Chamber where we were supposed to be able to express ourselves freely ... [Interjections.] ... and be protected! I would suggest that we need a ruling sooner rather than later - concerning the ruling made by the hon Tau, The Deputy Speaker of the NCOP, about 'factions' and about 'rubbish' - on whether or not we can use those words in this Chamber. [Interjections.] It is a matter of urgency, Madame Speaker!