Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Under the standing orders, it's not possible for the Speaker to ever indicate how a minister should answer a question. First of all, I remind the member to direct your questions through standing order 65(a) when you're phrasing the question. I didn't want to interrupt you before about making sure that it's directed to the minister, not through me. It has to be through me to the chair. The minister is answering the question. She went straight to the point of the question and now she has two minutes and five seconds remaining to complete her answer. Minister, you have the call.

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