Peter Slipper (Fisher, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In accordance with standing order 193, the time for members' constituency statements has concluded.

Before calling the Clerk to introduce the next item of business, I would like to take this opportunity of welcoming Father Peter Rose, the Parliamentary Chaplain, to the gallery. He has got incredible patience. He seems to sit in the main chamber and here for an amazing number of hours and I think we can only admire his diligence, tenacity, patience and forbearance.

Before the debate is resumed on this bill, I remind the Main Committee that, pursuant to the resolution agreed to by the House on 10 May 2011, this order of the day will be debated concurrently with Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2011-12 and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2011-12.

Debate resumed on the motion:

That this bill be now read a second time.

to which the following amendment was moved:

That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "while not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:

(1) condemns the Government for incorporating in an annual appropriation bill provisions to increase the limit on government borrowings above the total of $200 billion;

(2) recognises that a special case must be made for such a significant increase in borrowing limits and that the Government must explain any special circumstances that it believes justify such an increase; and

(3) demands that the Parliament be given the opportunity to consider separately and vote on the proposed increases in borrowing limits set out in Part 5 of Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2001-12."

The immediate question before the chair is that the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question.

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