Page 426 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 16 February 2016

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Mr Rattenbury: I am making a point of order. Straight after your ruling, Mr Hanson sat there and called out across the chamber, “Come on Colonel Simon,” in immediate defiance of what you had just previously said.

Mr Hanson: On the point of order—

MR CORBELL: Could you stop the clock, Madam Speaker.

Mr Hanson: Close but no cigar. I said, “I’ll accept ‘Colonel’ as the title rather than ‘Mister’”—rather than “Doctor”, for which I am not qualified.

MADAM SPEAKER: There is no point of order. Mr Hanson, you are consistently being unruly, and I am warning you. Mr Corbell.

MR CORBELL: Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. To conclude my answer, it is my view that I will not accept the advice and the position of Mr Hanson or Mr Smyth, who seem to think that they know better than medical doctors and professors in this field.

Mrs Jones interjecting—

MR CORBELL: I will accept the advice of those who do know what they are talking about when it comes to infectious diseases in our hospitals.

Mr Hanson interjecting—

MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson, you are on a warning.

MR CORBELL: And I will make sure that they are properly resourced to do their job. And they are properly resourced to do their job, Madam Speaker.

Mrs Jones interjecting—

MADAM SPEAKER: Mrs Jones!

MR CORBELL: Mr Hanson, Mr Smyth or Mrs Jones might like to think that they are the experts—

Mrs Jones interjecting—

MADAM SPEAKER: I warn you, Mrs Jones!

MR CORBELL: They want to don the white robes, put on the stethoscope and go and pretend that they are doctors and they know what they are doing in our hospitals. (Time expired.)

MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Hanson on a supplementary question.

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