Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

The issue of relevance raises its head yet again. On page 567 of the Practice, it clearly states:

It has been ruled that while a Minister—

or a Prime Minister—

is addressing the policy topic which is the subject of the question, the answer is directly relevant.

So if the Prime Minister is talking about figures and he is contesting the figures or is adding additional figures to the topic, he is being directly relevant.

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