❓ Hon Norman Moore questions the Minister for Energy regarding advice on peak demand, a quarterly report, and documented information related to power restrictions. The Minister agrees to table some documents but cites consultation requirements and an ongoing review as reasons for delay or providing alternative information.
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I refer the minister to the statement made by the Minister for Energy in the Legislative Assembly on 2 March that he had advice from Western Power that peak demand expected this year was 2 770 megawatts. (1) Will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? (2) Will the minister table the December 2003 quarterly report Western Power was required to provide to him under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act; and if not, why not? (3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(1) Will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? (2) Will the minister table the December 2003 quarterly report Western Power was required to provide to him under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act; and if not, why not? (3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(2) Will the minister table the December 2003 quarterly report Western Power was required to provide to him under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act; and if not, why not? (3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
[See paper No 1940.]
(1) Will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? (2) Will the minister table the December 2003 quarterly report Western Power was required to provide to him under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act; and if not, why not? (3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(2) Will the minister table the December 2003 quarterly report Western Power was required to provide to him under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act; and if not, why not? (3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(3) Will the minister table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February that formed the basis for the decision to implement power restrictions the next day; and, if not, why not? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
The Minister for Energy provides the following reply - (1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(1) Yes. (2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(2) Yes. However, under section 61 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, I am required to consult with the Western Power board before making the quarterly report publicly available. The Act also provides that the board may request that matters of a commercially sensitive nature be deleted prior to release. I have made a request to the board on this matter and will provide the honourable member with a copy of the December 2003 quarterly report as soon as I have had the opportunity to receive its comments. (3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
(3) A review into last month’s supply restriction order has commenced. A four-member committee headed by Chris Cronin, a former senior executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd, will carry out the review. The other committee members are Wayne Martin QC, the former Western Australian army commander Brigadier Gerry Warner, and investment banker and Western Power non-executive director Jenny Seabrook. Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: That has nothing to do with the question. I asked you to table some documents in (3). Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: Did I answer the wrong question? Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: I did not ask for a list of names of people on an inquiry. I asked if you would table any documented information concerning power supplies provided to Western Power’s chief executive officer on Tuesday, 17 February. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I hear the member. I am just reading the answer provided. Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: I wonder whether the answer has any relevance to the question? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The member will see that it does when I table the paper. The minister has gone out of his way to make available to the member some additional information that may be of assistance. Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: I have asked for three lots of tabled papers. You have said that one lot has to go back to the board. Are there two lots of tabled papers? Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: The essential question is: will the minister table that particular advice; and, if not, why not? The minister is saying that he will. With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
With regard to (2), the minister has said that under the statute - Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon Norman Moore: Yes, I understand that. However, (3) deals with some other document and you have read out a list of names of some people on an inquiry. It does not seem to bear much relationship to the question. Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
Hon TOM STEPHENS: I must say that I agree with the member. However, that is the answer that the minister has given. I table the document that the minister has provided. [See paper No 1940.]
[See paper No 1940.]
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