Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Yes. It places me in a difficult position when you ask a question about Medicare and you include things—it's okay; resume your seat, Member for Fowler—and then the minister refers to that part. He has two minutes and 29 to go. He may be going to address that part of the question; I don't know. He may be focusing on that part, but you've only got one shot at taking a point of order on relevance, and I would just remind members that it's probably best to keep that point of order till the end, because once that's gone, it's gone. It's very difficult now, because I don't know what the minister is going to refer to in terms of mental health. He may do that. I understand your point: you'd like an answer specifically regarding that end part of the question. But under the standing rules, he's entitled to talk about the question he was asked. Anyway, I'll listen carefully and I'll make sure he is being directly relevant, and I'll make sure he continues to be directly relevant.

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