April 7, 1933 (17th Parliament, 4th Session)

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker,
I do not wish to 'take exception to what Your Honour may have done in the way of expunging possible objectionable phrases from Hansard, but I would ask if it is not part of the privilege of the house to control its own records, and whether the house should not, before any statements are expunged from the records, pass a resolution in the first instance. I raise this point now because Your Honour has made decisions which equally affect members on both sides of the house. I did not wish to take exception to anything done in the past but I respectfully submit so far as the privileges of the house are concerned that His Honour 'the Speaker is the servant of the house in this as in all matters, and the house should itself determine whether anything is to be expunged from any of its records.