House debates Questions to the Speaker

Matters of Public Importance

Tuesday, 22 February 2011 House of Representatives

Christopher Pyne

Christopher Pyne Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training

3:33 pm

I refer you to the ‘Agreement for a better parliament—parliamentary reform’ that I signed with the Leader of the House and the Independents on 6 September 2010, and the section which says, with respect to matters of public importance:

A proportionate share of Matters of Public Importance be allocated to all non-Government Members.

I refer you to your decision to, in fact, award the MPI today to the member for Chifley, who is a government member. I simply ask you: will the agreement for a better parliament not be honoured?

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