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something wrong. But, in relation to the board, I expect some sympathy for the position which has been put to the Assembly by Mr Service, and I hope that members will support this motion to amend the motion of 20 November 1991. I think it will be regrettable if they do not.

Question put:

That the motion (Mr Berry's) be agreed to.

The Assembly voted -

AYES, 7  NOES, 9 

Mr Berry Mr Collaery
Mr Connolly Mr Humphries
Mr Duby Mr Jensen
Ms Follett Mr Kaine
Mrs Grassby Dr Kinloch
Ms Maher Mr Moore
Mr Wood Mrs Nolan
 Mr Prowse
 Mr Stefaniak

Question so resolved in the negative.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, under standing order 46 I seek leave to make a personal explanation.

MR SPEAKER: Do you claim to have been misrepresented?

MR HUMPHRIES: Yes, I do, Mr Speaker.

MR SPEAKER: Please proceed.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, Mr Berry, in the course of his summing-up remarks - remarks that other members do not have a chance to respond to - said that the Alliance Government, and I in particular, had failed to act on the recommendations brought down in late 1989 in the Treasury report on hospital finances. I want to put on record, Mr Speaker, that the Alliance Government acted on every single one of those recommendations, with, I think, one exception. I forget what the exception was, but it was a very minor exception and it was not acted upon for good reason. So, let the record show that Mr Berry is wrong when he asserts that no action was taken on those recommendations. Every single one of relevance was acted upon by the Alliance Government. I also point out, Mr Speaker, that - - -

Mr Berry: You did nothing.

MR HUMPHRIES: That is not true.

Mr Berry: It is absolutely true.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

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