House debates Personal Explanations

Thursday, 5 February 2009 House of Representatives

Chris Pearce

Chris Pearce Aston, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law

4:21 pm

Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?

Chris Pearce

Chris Pearce Aston, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law

Yes.

Harry Jenkins

Harry Jenkins Speaker

The member may continue.

Chris Pearce

Chris Pearce Aston, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law

During question time, the Prime Minister said that he had read a statement from me in which I had said that a particular policy of the coalition would cost $20 billion. I have not issued any such statement that indicates any costing of anything of the like, and I would ask the Prime Minister to be intellectually honest.