Page 587 - Week 04 - Thursday, 29 June 1989

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The moment is probably appropriate for me to acknowledge from the Rally's point of view our growing respect for the manner in which you are discharging your functions and the fact that, when one looks at the qualities required of Speakers in the other house, one finds the position is nearly always filled by a dedicated senior and experienced parliamentarian. I want to say simply, Mr Speaker, that the rough and tumble in this House to date is not intended by the Rally to be any reflection upon the manner in which you discharge your functions as Speaker.

It has been said that a Speaker requires an intimate understanding of parliamentary life, of the problems of members collectively and individually, of the moods and foibles of the house - an experience which can be acquired only through many years spent on the bench. So, Mr Speaker, the very great challenge for you is to accelerate that, and in the estimation of the Rally you have successfully done that. None of those earlier remarks that I made were intended in any way to be a reflection on the Chair.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

Assembly adjourned at 4.28 pm until Tuesday,

4 July 1989, at 2.30 pm

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