Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Under standing order 34, which is the Order of Business, question time is specifically supposed to finish at no later than 3.10. I explain to the members and to people listening that it is not even three o'clock yet today. The agreement that we made in good faith at the beginning of this very long parliament indicated that 3.10 would be the time. For the Prime Minister to cut question time off before it is even three o'clock does not do her any credit, nor the parliament. We have had this debate before, and last time—

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