My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Has the minister been lobbied by anyone in his electorate for a visa for an individual from the Gaza war zone since 7 October?

A point of order: this is a question asked of the member for Watson, not of the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

On the point of order, it's pretty clear that the member for Watson is also the minister for immigration, so this is entirely within his ministerial responsibilities.

Yes, in his capacity as minister. Members can't ask a question about a minister's electorate or their capacity as a member. He might have been asked about another member or another electorate as well. I'm going to ask the member for Mallee to rephrase that to make sure that it is within the minister's responsibility, not his capacity as a member.

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Has the minister been lobbied by anyone in his electorate or any other electorate for a visa for an individual from the Gaza war zone since 7 October?

The Leader of the House has the call.

Government members interjecting—

Order! Members on my right will cease interjecting immediately. The minister for the environment will cease interjecting. The Leader of the House has the call.

I will explain how arrangements work within the portfolio. I haven't been in the habit of sharing individual representations that members make to ministers—but if we go down that path, we go down that path—but every member here makes representations. When I take on this portfolio and representations are made, I will have a similar arrangement to that which I had when I last took on the portfolio in 2013, which is that, for anything with respect to my electorate, I will have to make representation either to a different minister or to the secretary of my department. The responsible minister who deals with all ministerial interventions of that form, which I would make in behalf of my electorate, is the assistant minister. For anything in his electorate, he would write to me.

Order! The member for Lyons will cease interjecting. When the House comes to order, we'll hear from the member for Wills.