Hon MAURICE WILLIAMSON (National—Pakuranga) Link to this
I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Earlier in question time I raised with you a point of order about the appropriateness of Russell Fairbrother’s supplementary question about the National Party and its housing policy, and you said that the question was in order. I refer you to Speaker’s rulings 139/6 and 139/7. Speaker’s ruling 139/6 states: “The Government can answer only for its own intentions and has no responsibility for the Opposition.” Speaker’s ruling 139/7 states: “A question which does nothing more than request information about a party document, as opposed to seeking information about Government policy, is out of order.” Madam Speaker, if you look at Speaker’s rulings 139/6 and 139/7, you will see that Mr Fairbrother’s question was indeed out of order.