Page 3998 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 22 October 1991
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MR CONNOLLY: I have indeed reviewed it in the context of the repeated answers that have been given on staffing numbers, and I certainly read it as assuring that there would not be any need for an increase. My "No, no" comment, when it was put that there should be an increase, has been read by Ms Maher as an assurance that there will never be a reduction.
Mr Duby: You are misleading the house.
Ms Follett: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: Mr Duby made an interjection, which I believe was audible, that Mr Connolly has misled the house. I ask that he withdraw that.
MR SPEAKER: I would ask that you withdraw that, Mr Duby.
Mr Duby: Mr Speaker, as I said, I was claiming that Mr Connolly is misleading the house with this response. I shall certainly be examining the Hansard of both his answers, of last Thursday and today, to see whether a censure motion against this Minister should be introduced.
MR SPEAKER: That is a substantive motion and - - -
Mr Duby: I refuse to withdraw.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Duby, I would ask you to withdraw. If you want to make this claim against Mr Connolly, you can do it as a substantive motion, not in an interjection across the floor.
Mr Duby: Mr Connolly is clearly misleading this Assembly.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Duby, that is an opinion that I believe it is inappropriate to put before the house unless you raise it as a substantive motion, which you have not done, and I would ask you to withdraw it.
Mr Duby: Mr Speaker, I refuse.
Mr Kaine: Put a substantive motion.
Mr Duby: If that is the case, I shall put it as a substantive motion. This Minister has misled the house, both on Thursday and today.
MR SPEAKER: Order! I would ask you to withdraw it in the first instance. You can move a substantive motion if you wish to do that, but I would ask you to withdraw it in the circumstances that I have asked you to do so.
Mr Humphries: Mr Speaker, with respect, I think your ruling is incorrect. I might bring to your attention that the practice elsewhere is that, if an assertion of that kind is made and it will not be withdrawn, it should be debated. Mr Duby is prepared to put the motion to the
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