House debates

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Questions to the Speaker

Questions Without Notice

3:14 pm

Photo of Joe HockeyJoe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, is it your intention that ministers will be held to account when they get a fact wrong in answer to a question, and, if it is the case, will you ask the minister for climate change to come back into this place and correct a number of facts, including the 500-basis-point drop in interest rates since the last election?

3:15 pm

Photo of Ms Anna BurkeMs Anna Burke (Speaker) Share this | | Hansard source

The member for North Sydney will resume his seat.