Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

Order! The comma or not, the precious petal becomes me. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will take her place.

Incredibly, over a fairly minor matter, which I will take full responsibility for, I now have the letter that I passed on to the Clerk. The element that I apologise for was that, yes, it was dated yesterday, it was received yesterday, but I only processed it today. That was not a deliberate action, but that has led to the incident that everybody has been upset by. That has been in the system and has bobbed out now. It will be dealt with straight after we get this over and done with. I accept full responsibility.

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