Madam Speaker: I have a ruling for the House.

I am ruling on a matter raised on May 13. It appeared that the honourable Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Enns) had raised a point of order respecting a question asked by the honourable member for Thompson (Mr. Ashton). Speaking to the matter were the honourable minister, the two House leaders and the honourable Leader of the official opposition (Mr. Doer).

Upon reading Hansard, it is clear that there was no point of order. The minister apparently was answering a question. The contributions by the government House leader (Mr. Praznik), the opposition House leader (Mr. Ashton) and the Leader of the official opposition were not related to a procedural point but were debating an issue raised in Question Period. I would ask members, when they rise on a point of order or when they make contributions to whether a matter is a point of order or not, to confine their remarks to whether a rule or a practice has been breached.