Mr Speaker, on the point of order: standing order 98(c) says:

A Minister can only be questioned on the following matters, for which he or she is responsible or officially connected:

(i)

public affairs;

I would have thought that the Deputy Prime Minister, who lodged a petition herself with 1,300 signatures with respect to a matter of public affairs, would be prepared to answer the question of whether she stood by the contents of that petition.