❓ Hon Martin Aldridge questions the Minister for Health regarding the delay in tabling a letter related to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2019, specifically seeking timelines and a commitment to table advice before the second reading.
AnsweredQoN 1182Legislative Council
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VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING — PROSECUTIONS
1182. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the minister's
answer to Legislative Council question without notice 1135 on 15 October 2019
in relation to the intersection of federal law and the Voluntary Assisted Dying
Bill 2019.
(1) Given my
first request for the minister to table the letter between the commonwealth and
the state public service was on 3 September
2019, how long does it normally take to receive advice from the State Solicitor's Office on the minister's ability to satisfy Parliament's
request to table one letter?
(2) On what date did the minister
request advice from the State Solicitor's Office?
(3) Has the State Solicitor's
Office advised when it might be in a position to provide that advice?
(4) Will the minister commit to have the advice tabled
in Parliament prior to the bill being read a second time?
1182. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the minister's
answer to Legislative Council question without notice 1135 on 15 October 2019
in relation to the intersection of federal law and the Voluntary Assisted Dying
Bill 2019.
(1) Given my
first request for the minister to table the letter between the commonwealth and
the state public service was on 3 September
2019, how long does it normally take to receive advice from the State Solicitor's Office on the minister's ability to satisfy Parliament's
request to table one letter?
(2) On what date did the minister
request advice from the State Solicitor's Office?
(3) Has the State Solicitor's
Office advised when it might be in a position to provide that advice?
(4) Will the minister commit to have the advice tabled
in Parliament prior to the bill being read a second time?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) There is no normal time frame
for provision of legal advice.
(2) It was on 18 September 2019.
(3) Yes.
(4) No. The decision to table
correspondence will be reliant on advice.
some notice of the question.
(1) There is no normal time frame
for provision of legal advice.
(2) It was on 18 September 2019.
(3) Yes.
(4) No. The decision to table
correspondence will be reliant on advice.
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