❓ Mr Whitely questions an alleged unfunded commitment by the previous Education Minister regarding laptop computers for teachers, linking it to potential budget overruns. Mr Carpenter's response is deemed irrelevant by the Speaker, leading to points of order and the question remaining unanswered.
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EDUCATION, LAPTOP COMPUTERS
(1) Did the previous Minister for Education make an unfunded commitment to provide affordable access to laptop computers to all Western Australian teachers? (2) If so, what was the size of the commitment, and is this another example of what is now known as Barnett’s budget blow-out? Mr CARPENTER
(1) Did the previous Minister for Education make an unfunded commitment to provide affordable access to laptop computers to all Western Australian teachers? (2) If so, what was the size of the commitment, and is this another example of what is now known as Barnett’s budget blow-out? Mr CARPENTER
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I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
(2) If so, what was the size of the commitment, and is this another example of what is now known as Barnett’s budget blow-out? Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
(1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
(2) If so, what was the size of the commitment, and is this another example of what is now known as Barnett’s budget blow-out? Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
I thank the member for some short notice of this question. (1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
(1)-(2) As a former schoolteacher, he will be aware of the importance of the expectation about laptop computers among teachers. I am one of the few people - in fact I might be the only person - who stood in this Chamber and praised the former Minister for Education. I cannot remember anyone on his side of the House doing it. Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr Ripper: I bet you regret that now. Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER: I do not often hear them from my side of the House, but occasionally I have made complimentary remarks. I was curious and a little distressed when earlier this year - in fact, on 22 February at 8.31 am - the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was being interviewed on ABC radio by the venerable Liam Bartlett. Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr Barron-Sullivan: What has this got to do with computers? Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER: I will get to it. At the time, there was an ultimately unsuccessful move to draft the federal member for Curtin into this Chamber to be the Leader of the Opposition. The member for Mitchell was a supporter of that move. Mr Bartlett asked the question, according to my notes - Don’t you think it is depressing that not one single Liberal MP, yourself included, was considered competent enough to lead the party? The distress came with the reply, not so much with the question because Liam always asks difficult questions. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: When I am on my feet I would appreciate it if people did not continue to make comments. Our standing orders contain a provision for answers to be relevant to the question. The last three or four minutes of the answer have not, on the face of it, been relevant to the question. I ask the minister to answer the question and finish quickly. Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr CARPENTER: When the party said that it wanted the best person, someone who has the capacity to take it to victory - Points of Order Mr DAY: The minister is deliberately and flagrantly contravening what you have just advised him, Mr Speaker. We are happy to debate these issues, but they have nothing to do with a proper answer to this question. He should get to it very quickly. Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr KOBELKE: One can understand that members opposite might be feeling a bit touchy, but I am sure the minister has listened carefully to the instructions you gave him, Mr Speaker, and is complying with them. To jump up when the minister has got back to his feet and not even spoken for 10 seconds indicates some sensitivity on the part of those on the other side of the House and has nothing to do with standing orders. Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
Mr BARNETT: The manager of opposition business has made a valid point, Mr Speaker: you have made a ruling and the minister continued with the same remarks. We can debate anything we like in this House at any time we wish. If government members wish to debate the leadership of the Liberal Party, let us suspend standing orders and we will debate it after question time. I do not care. However, Mr Speaker, this is question time. The Opposition is lucky to get more than three questions during question time because of filibustering like that. The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
The SPEAKER: The point of order has taken longer than the question, but that question is at an end. I ask for the next question. Questions without Notice Resumed
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