Salisbury Addison convention This index term is related to the following paragraphs within Erskine May: Powers of the Houses in relation to each other "Each House controls its own proceedings and obtains official knowledge of the proceedings of the other only through formal communications (see paras 9.16–9.17 ). Although the former rules of both Houses, which prevented reference in debate to speeches ..." Paragraph 11.7, in Part 2, Chapter 11 * denotes reference is in the footnotes for the paragraph.