House debates

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Matters of Public Importance

Parliamentary Reform

3:55 pm

Photo of Christopher PyneChristopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Only a person who might be a narcissist would be so sensitive about being called one. The other point that I would like to make is that the opposition has placed on the agenda in writing to the Leader of the House and in writing to the Procedure Committee a program of reform. I would like to outline that in all seriousness as part of this matter of public importance. We propose that time limits should be introduced. We propose a one-minute time limit on questions and a four-minute time limit on answers. Most people would not need much convincing that that would be a very good idea.

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