House debates Questions without Notice

Energy

Wednesday, 13 September 2017 House of Representatives

Tony Smith

Tony Smith Speaker

3:07 pm

The Prime Minister I am listening to very carefully, as you'd expect. He addressed the substance of that very specific question. He's still on the policy topic. The standing orders make it clear that questions are up to 30 seconds, and answers are up to three minutes. A questioner cannot demand that the minister answering the question simply answer the question and sit down. If he's on the policy topic, he's being directly relevant to the question.

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