Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, you have not made a ruling on a point of order. What occurred is that I distinctly saw and heard you call the Minister for Social Services. The Minister for Social Services moved that the motion be put while the Manager of Opposition Business bellowed at you: 'Point of order', but you did not actually recognise him at any point. He did not have the call, nor do you have to give it to him when you had already called the Minister for Social Services. How do you know the Minister for Social Services did not want to make a point of order? And, quite frankly, why would the Manager of Opposition Business's point of order overrule the Minister for Social Services? In fact, you did precisely the right thing, and the motion before the chair is that the motion be put. That is what is before the chair.

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