Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last Tuesday I informed the House that I would sympathetically consider options for incorporating into Hansard the text of statements made by four members in the Main Committee on Monday evening. The statements had not been included in Hansard for technical reasons. I am pleased to inform the House that, with the assistance of the members concerned, who have provided the text of their 90-second statements, the statements will be incorporated into the Hansard record for 24 November 2008. This incorporation is consistent with the premise that Hansard is an accurate record of what is said in the House and reflects the unusual circumstances concerned. It is not, and should not, be seen as a precedent for incorporation of unspoken material in Hansard.