Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I will just provide information for members on arrangements for the day. We are in a situation where there may well be legislation coming back from the Senate where transmission will not occur until after we've started question time. There is a likelihood that divisions will be required after the MPI. I am not sure at this point how many. I've put on the Notice Paperit is there as notice No. 7—to suspend standing order 31. That is the standard suspension we use when we may have to sit late. I expect that, if we do have to receive additional messages and accept or reject amendments from the Senate, the debate will not be long, so I would be surprised if members still aren't out of here by 5 pm, but there is a likelihood that, after the MPI, we will be dealing with messages from the Senate.