House debates

Thursday, 18 October 2018

Questions without Notice

Drought

2:44 pm

Photo of Mr Tony BurkeMr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Hansard source

Standing order 99 makes clear that these questions can be made not only to chairs of committees, as the Leader of the House has referred to, but also to people who have motions on the Notice Paper. It is motion No. 36 on the Notice Paper. I also refer you to page 550 of Practice, which says with respect to these motions, which is different to where you're dealing with questions to a committee:

… the Procedure Committee has indicated its support for such questions being confined essentially to matters of timing and procedure.

And that's exactly what this question does—no more, no less.

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