European Parliament
Kilroy-Silk (NI ).
Mr President, on a point of order, I am grateful for the opportunity to address you.
(Mixed reactions)
You will recall that at the end of my allotted one minute of speaking time earlier today, I noticed you had the gavel poised at 59 seconds. I alluded to the fact and said it seemed a bit unfair that you were ready to stop me when others had spoken for one and a half minutes. I am told – I did not hear you say – that I was lucky that you had not used the gavel earlier because I was saying things that were untrue.
I would be very grateful if you could tell me two things. What was it I said that was untrue, and what is the rule that enables the President of this Parliament to censor Members' speeches?

