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MR SPEAKER: I did not hear the words either. I was listening to the speaker.
MR COLLAERY: Ask him to withdraw them, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore, did you make that imputation?
Mr Moore: I certainly did, Mr Speaker, indeed.
MR SPEAKER: Would you withdraw it, please.
Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, the point really is that there has been a censure motion on this matter.
MR SPEAKER: Order! You were not given the floor to debate it. I just ask you to withdraw. Would you withdraw that imputation, please, Mr Moore.
Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, I will follow your direction.
MR SPEAKER: No, I did not give a direction. I asked you to - - -
Mr Moore: And, in following your direction, I will withdraw the imputation that was, of course, previously a matter of censure which the Government used its numbers to stop on the previous occasion Mr Collaery did this sort of thing.
MR SPEAKER: That is a qualification. I request an unqualified withdrawal, please, Mr Moore.
Mr Collaery: "I withdraw the imputation"; say it.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mr Moore, please make an unqualified withdrawal.
Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, the point is that he has previously tabled documents like this.
Mrs Grassby: Aye, aye, Herr Bernard.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Mrs Grassby, I warn you. The point is, Mr Moore, that you are referring to something that you did not qualify as a previous debate in the house. Therefore I ask you to make an unqualified withdrawal of the imputation that you have admitted that you have made.
Mr Moore: Mr Speaker, it is not quite as straightforward as that because you asked me what I said as you did not hear it. When I made the comment I referred to the previous debate. Hence I am not really in a position to make that unqualified withdrawal unless you absolutely insist.
MR SPEAKER: Please, I direct you to do it.
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