❓ Question regarding government responsibility for flammable cladding in apartments is met with a combative response, accusing the opposition of political games and laziness, and deflecting the question to the acting minister.
AnsweredQoN 347Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
APARTMENTS — FLAMMABLE CLADDING
347. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Commerce:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the government take responsibility for this ticking time bomb or will it
wait until someone is hurt?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : The minister and
only the minister, thank you.
347. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Minister for Commerce:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the government take responsibility for this ticking time bomb or will it
wait until someone is hurt?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : The minister and
only the minister, thank you.
AnswerView source ↗
Again, detailed questions of a portfolio
area are with the acting minister. Honestly, opposition members rarely turn up
and now they are playing politics about who is and is not here in the chamber.
This is the laziest opposition we have ever seen. It cannot even keep six
members in the Parliament for more than an hour. If the member for Moore wants further details, I ask him to give me some
notice and tomorrow I will provide him with a very detailed answer . That
is what happens in Parliament, member for Moore. The member is trying to play
politics. All these other ministers are here ready to answer questions, yet he
comes in here and tries to play a political stunt.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : You are trying to play politics on
some —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order please,
members.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : This
demonstrates how lazy you guys are because you cannot develop a strategy of how
to deal with Parliament when a couple of members are not here.
That shows that they are inept, do
not understand Parliament and are too lazy to change their strategies.
Point of Order
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, please! Points of order are heard in silence, thank
you.
Dr D.J. HONEY : The minister's answer has nothing
whatsoever to do with the question that was asked by the member.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Dr A.D. Buti interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Finance, I am not sure what you had for lunch, but although you may be
entertained by your contribution, it is delaying us from getting on with
question time.
Members, I rule on points of order
and that is not a point of order. If the member had been listening closely, he
might have realised that the minister was just concluding her answer. I believe
she has concluded.
area are with the acting minister. Honestly, opposition members rarely turn up
and now they are playing politics about who is and is not here in the chamber.
This is the laziest opposition we have ever seen. It cannot even keep six
members in the Parliament for more than an hour. If the member for Moore wants further details, I ask him to give me some
notice and tomorrow I will provide him with a very detailed answer . That
is what happens in Parliament, member for Moore. The member is trying to play
politics. All these other ministers are here ready to answer questions, yet he
comes in here and tries to play a political stunt.
Mr R.S. Love interjected.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : You are trying to play politics on
some —
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order please,
members.
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : This
demonstrates how lazy you guys are because you cannot develop a strategy of how
to deal with Parliament when a couple of members are not here.
That shows that they are inept, do
not understand Parliament and are too lazy to change their strategies.
Point of Order
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Order, please! Points of order are heard in silence, thank
you.
Dr D.J. HONEY : The minister's answer has nothing
whatsoever to do with the question that was asked by the member.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Dr A.D. Buti interjected.
The SPEAKER : Minister for
Finance, I am not sure what you had for lunch, but although you may be
entertained by your contribution, it is delaying us from getting on with
question time.
Members, I rule on points of order
and that is not a point of order. If the member had been listening closely, he
might have realised that the minister was just concluding her answer. I believe
she has concluded.
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