Page 2701 - Week 09 - Thursday, 9 August 1990
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Ms Follett: Well I did, I announced it in July.
MR HUMPHRIES: You did not announce it in July. You want me to announce it now.
Mr Berry: I raise a point of order, Mr Acting Speaker. Mr Humphries seems to have missed the point of my question. I am not interested in Mr Humphries foreshadowing the budget conclusions. What I am interested in is the cost of relocating a transportable to a new site. That is all I am interested in.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: My ruling there is that there may be some misinterpretation. Mr Humphries, does that clarification by Mr Berry assist you?
MR HUMPHRIES: No it does not, Mr Acting Speaker, and I submit to you there is no point of order. It is not a point of order to suggest that a particular question has not been answered. I heard Mr Berry in silence and I sat down; I expect the same courtesy.
MR ACTING SPEAKER: What number is your point of order, Mr Berry?
Mr Berry: This might take a moment. It is very clear that one is not allowed to debate points of order.
Mr Kaine: Then why are you debating them?
Mr Berry: No, I am not; he is. I raised it, he is debating it.
Mr Humphries: Mr Acting Speaker, I raise a point of order. There is no point of order in suggesting that I have not understood the question properly. That is not a point of order, and I seek to continue my answer.
Mr Berry: The standing orders say he shall not debate the subject to which the question refers. It is standing order 118(b).
MR ACTING SPEAKER: I do not believe he is debating the subject. He might not be answering it the way you wish him to, Mr Berry. I overrule your point of order. Please continue your answer, Mr Humphries. I thought there might have been a possibility of your misunderstanding his question. You maintain there is not, so, please continue your answer.
MR HUMPHRIES: Yes, I understood his question perfectly. I understood perfectly that he was seeking to have details of costings and saving arising from the schools reshaping project. I have already said many times in many different ways that the Government will provide that information in the context of the budget.
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