Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I indicate to the Attorney that I have an extensive list of questions. I appreciate that he is the representative of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship rather than the minister himself. I ask the Attorney, through the chair, whether I could provide him with my list of questions. That will save the Committee from having to listen to me reading them into the Hansard, which would take some time. I ask this on the basis that the Attorney gives me an undertaking that the questions will be passed on to the minister and will be answered in due course. These questions are detailed and obviously it would not be possible for the Attorney to answer them here and now. It seems to me that what I have suggested is the most sensible course, both for the convenience of the chamber and for getting the questions answered.

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