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

Mr Deputy Speaker, I rise on a procedural matter rather than the bill before the House. This is the first opportunity I have had to do so and I seek your guidance. As you will be well aware, when a quorum is called in the parliament it has to be filled within four minutes of the bells beginning to ring. This morning Mr Chester called a quorum at 11:04 and a quorum was formed at 11:10, which is six minutes later. Technically, the House should have closed down at 11:08 and I seek your guidance about how that matter should be dealt with.

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