Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I understand that it is the prerogative of the chair to take time on a portfolio, but we have an allocated period for which we have brought people in. They and I have other appointments to go to and we would hate to short-change the parliament.

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