House debates

Wednesday, 7 February 2007

Questions to the Speaker

Question Time

3:09 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I refer to page 552 of House of Representatives Practice, which is about the procedure that the Prime Minister just went through. It says:

Ministers may seek and be granted the indulgence of the Chair after Question Time or later in the day, to add to or correct an answer given to a question without notice asked on that day ...

I note that yesterday in question time the Prime Minister committed what he said was an error and came in to correct the record. Can I also state that yesterday in question time the Prime Minister stated the following:

Can I remind you that the former minister for the environment, Senator Campbell, called about three summits on climate change. The most recent one was held back in 2003 ...

Given that Senator Campbell was Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer until 7 October 2003, then minister for local government—

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