Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The Manager of Opposition Business will resume his seat. He has been here long enough to know that, over several parliaments, the House has tried to struggle with this very point. I can remember members having to make personal explanations of the ilk that are being made now—day in, day out—as ministers of the day made the same accusations. This was something yet again in those previous parliaments that the House did not address. I believe that I am applying the standing and sessional orders in the practice of the House as has been done consistently. If there is a problem, this is a problem of the House’s inability to actually deal with matters that have caused concern for several parliaments.

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