Wilson Tuckey (O'Connor, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, yesterday I raised a point of order relating to the words of Speaker Snedden:

The Minister will answer the question and not engage in irrelevancies, such as contrasting the Government and the Labor Party.

You subsequently referred me to page 553 of House of Representatives Practice and I ask whether the words that you thought I should read are those in the second paragraph which say:

Nevertheless, although the test of relevance can be difficult to apply, Ministers have been ordered to conclude their answers or resume their seats as their answers were not relevant. The Chair has also upheld points of order or intimations contesting the relevancy of a Minister’s answer.

Or was it something else you wanted me to read?

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