Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I have known Senator Sherry for quite some time and, whilst many a time I may question his capacities and capabilities, I say with great respect that Senator Sherry could well and truly handle on behalf of the government the simple and discrete issue as to the numbers that should be used for the purposes of defining ‘small business’. Can I simply indicate to the minister that, if that were possible, I would imagine that there would be four or five relatively short speeches as to why a particular number was favoured over another and we would then move to vote on that. I think that would help us—