May I raise a point of order?

A point of order, yes.

I am not creating a row about the disallowing of my Private Notice Question, but I am anxious to ascertain the situation where your ruling may be based on incorrect information furnished by the Department.

I cannot allow a discussion on this.

My point of order, and I am being very orderly about it, related to a situation where the question involved the clearing of burnt crude oil from the seabed.

The Deputy is going into the substance of his question. He cannot do that.

I have to refer to it from the point of view of raising the point.

I am sorry, Deputy.

My point of order is on the basis that the question was disallowed because apparently, according to the note I got from the office——

That is not a point of order. The Deputy cannot dispute my ruling here. If he wants to see me about it afterwards, that is all right.

I am not disputing your ruling. I am seeking to raise a point of order as to the situation arising from the fact that your ruling apparently is based on incorrect information from the Department.

The Deputy is endeavouring to ask the question in another way.

I am not trying to ask the question.

The Deputy is making one great effort to do it.

I am seeking to ascertain the situation if your ruling is based on incorrect information from the Department.

My ruling cannot be discussed in this manner. It is disorderly to do it.

Apart from the procedure of raising a point of order, which I understood was a normal parliamentary way of investigating——

Provided it is a point of order, but my ruling cannot be questioned here.

I am not questioning your ruling, Sir. If you have ruled my question out of order, that is that. The point of order I want to raise is, if it is based on incorrect information from the Department that the seabed was not being cleared——

We must move on to the Order of Business.

How can I get this point clarified?

The Deputy may discuss it in my office. The remaining question will appear in tomorrow's Order Paper.