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

Mr Speaker, the agreement that we reached with the government and the crossbenchers at the end of last year, on 6 September 2010, said at paragraphs 4.3 that question time will conclude no later than 3:30 pm—it is quarter past three—enabling 20 questions each day in the normal course of events. The point is that there have only been 19 questions today. It is not yet 3.30 and therefore the opposition has the next turn for questions, and 20 questions would then allow us, because question time has not finished at 3.30, to ask our next question.

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