Page 628 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 22 February 2012
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MR SPEAKER: Order! One moment, Mr Hanson. I will just seek some guidance.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr Hanson, my reading of standing order 46 is that it is to explain matters of a personal nature. I do not think a policy debate falls into that category. So you might have to use another time or seek leave.
MR HANSON: On your ruling, if I could, Mr Speaker, the minister made the clear assertion that I had done nothing. She was saying it throughout the question. Rather than answer the question, she was debating the matter and making the assertion that I had done nothing in my job when it came to primary health, which is not true. I would like to make it very clear under standing order 46 what I have done, to essentially set the record straight. I consider that a personal matter, Mr Speaker.
Mr Hargreaves: On a point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: Yes.
Mr Hargreaves: Standing order 46 applies when people feel as though they have been misrepresented personally, not in the office in which they function in this place. I would argue, Mr Speaker, that the place for such a rebuttal, if that is the case, is the adjournment debate and not under standing order 46.
Mr Coe: Point of order, Mr Speaker.
MR SPEAKER: On this point of order, Mr Coe?
Mr Coe: Yes, on this point of order.
MR SPEAKER: Yes.
Mr Coe: I ask that the same privilege be given to Mr Hanson that was given to Ms Burch.
MR SPEAKER: I am going to seek some advice, members, because I do not want to start some precedent here that we are going to see used for the next months.
Members interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order, members! In light of your further comments, Mr Hanson, I am going to give you leave under standing order 46, but let us not enter into a large-scale policy debate. You have to focus your comments on areas where you feel you have been misrepresented.
MR HANSON: Indeed, I feel I have been misrepresented. The minister said that I had done nothing when it came to primary health care. Clearly, I have. Firstly, I have done my job of holding this government to account, which is not an inconsiderable task.
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