Arch Bevis (Brisbane, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aviation and Transport Security) Share this | Hansard source

I am aware of the decisions yesterday and the agreement for it to go to the Procedure Committee. I am also aware that it can take quite some time for the Procedure Committee to report to the parliament—or at least history tells us that that can be so. In the interim, will you provide guidelines—a statement from the chair—to define when the word ‘forthwith’ will have its normal English meaning and when it will have the meaning given to it on Tuesday?

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