Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I do thank the minister for his answer. Concerning his last point, if the debate is to continue, my question to the minister is: when is the debate going to start? When is the federal parliament going to have an opportunity to review not only the substance of the Matthews Pegg Consulting report but also examine the recommendations contained in the Lockhart review? Given the Lockhart review examined independently and in detail last year updated developments in reproductive ART and stem cell research, how do we know that the Matthews Pegg Consulting report is not a duplication of that very research? How does the Senate know that, given that we do not have public access to the Matthews Pegg Consulting report? I ask the minister, if he cannot give us a guarantee, to speak to the Minister for Health and Ageing and ensure that that report is made public. What time line will he give us for that process to be complete?