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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2001 Week 7 Hansard (19 June) . . Page.. 2031 ..

MR SPEAKER: I think he is finished.

MRS BURKE: Mr Speaker, I ask a supplementary question. In light of the Chief Minister's response, do parents want information about how well the school system is performing?

MR SPEAKER: Be very careful how you answer this.

MR HUMPHRIES: Indeed, Mr Speaker, I will.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker-

MR SPEAKER: Order! I have already warned the Chief Minister to be careful.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, the question itself is out of order.

MR SPEAKER: I am not so sure it is. But I have warned the Chief Minister to be careful about how he answers it.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, it asks-it conspires-another member to reflect on a debate.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, in retrospect no, the question is about whether parents want information about how well the school system is performing. How could that possibly be out of order?

Mr Berry: You lost that one, Gary.

MR HUMPHRIES: I know that you are obsessed about this vote. I will tell Mr Berry about where I think we will win, and that is in the assessment that has been made of parents' expectations of the school system. When directly asked in October last year by Roy Morgan Research, 76 per cent of parents were interested in information that compared a schools performance in the assessment program.

Mr Berry: Mr Speaker, this was information that was referred to-

MR SPEAKER: No, I am sorry. This is a general question. It has nothing to do with the debate that took place.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, may I speak to the point of order. If by having a division on this subject, by having a debate and a vote, we exclude further debate about that subject matter in general-

Mr Wood: That is what you have argued before-especially Michael Moore.

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, if I could be allowed to make my point.

MR SPEAKER: Order!

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