Page 4303 - Week 15 - Tuesday, 20 November 1990
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Mr Berry: On a point of order: these gratuitous insults that we are just about to be lined up for - - -
MR SPEAKER: Order! What is the point of order, Mr Berry?
Mr Berry: The point of order is that the Minister ought to maintain his attention on the Estimates Committee report rather than stray off the beaten track because of some embarrassment over something that Mr Moore has raised. The members of the Opposition basically want to hear debate on the Estimates Committee report, not settling old scores.
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Berry, for your observation. I do not know that it is a point of order, but I would ask Mr Collaery to be relevant to the issue.
MR COLLAERY: Certainly, Mr Speaker. I concede that Mr Berry would know all about old scores.
Mr Duby: Old what?
MR COLLAERY: Old scores.
Ms Follett: They are all drunk.
Mr Kaine: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: I require that to be withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please withdraw that remark, Ms Follett.
Ms Follett: Mr Speaker, I am faced with a bunch of braying dogs who cannot control themselves in any fashion in this very important debate. I am forced to conclude that it is not their normal state.
MR SPEAKER: I ask you to withdraw your conclusion.
Mr Kaine: Mr Speaker, I want that statement withdrawn.
Ms Follett: They are not all drunk.
Mr Kaine: I want that statement withdrawn.
MR SPEAKER: It has been withdrawn. Thank you, Ms Follett.
Ms Follett: Some of them are.
MR SPEAKER: Just a moment. I believe that is a qualified withdrawal.
Ms Follett: I withdraw, Mr Speaker.
MR COLLAERY: Certainly, Mr Speaker, I approach this with an entirely sober mind. I have been savouring this moment for some weeks. I stayed upstairs and waited to give Mr Moore some of his treatment because he deserves it.
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