House debates
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Questions without Notice
Drought
2:44 pm
Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business (House)) Share this | Hansard source
Standing order 99 makes clear that these questions can be made not only to chairs of committees, as the Leader of the House has referred to, but also to people who have motions on the Notice Paper. It is motion No. 36 on the Notice Paper. I also refer you to page 550 of Practice, which says with respect to these motions, which is different to where you're dealing with questions to a committee:
… the Procedure Committee has indicated its support for such questions being confined essentially to matters of timing and procedure.
And that's exactly what this question does—no more, no less.
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