"Madame President, I rise to a question of privilege of the assembly."

A member has the right to request decision and action by the presiding officer on urgent questions, involving immediate convenience, comfort, rights, or privileges of the assembly.

It may be in a form of a request to be decided by the chair or a motion to be decided by the assembly.

The importance or emergency nature of a question of privilege allows its proposer to interrupt the speaker. The speaker relinquishes the floor temporarily, sitting down until settled.

The chair must rule IMMEDIATELY on the question "granting" or "denying." Any member my appeal from the decision. If "granted" actions will be carried out immediately. As soon as the question has been handled the speaker is AGAIN given the floor.

Questions of privilege deal with rights, safety, integrity, comfort, convenience of the WHOLE ASSEMBLY. Heating, Lighting, ventilation, control of noise, reputation, conduct, as a member of the body.

If an embarrassing discussion arises which should not be made public, the presiding officer might allow, as a motion of privilege, to move "that non-members be required to leave the room. If it is noncontrovercial, as it often is, it will be handled by general consent.