Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I'll make two points briefly. Yes, it was a tight question, but it was one of those questions that's highlighted in Practice as inviting a yes or no answer which you can't compel the Prime Minister or a minister to give. So the Prime Minister is entitled to go over the territory he went over until just very recently. The question doesn't allow an examination of alternative policies. The Prime Minister was in order until that point.

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