Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Minister of Foreign Affairs) Link to this
For the benefit of the Speaker of the Bougainville Parliament, who is sitting over there, I seek leave to table yesterday’s official development assistance speech, and to confirm for him that the views expressed by Mr Hayes are not the views of this Parliament.
Madam SPEAKER
Gerry BrownleeI raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Was that appropriate—to address somebody else in this House?
—is quite right. Because I normally let people finish their sentences! I have been reminded by that member in the past that that is the way this House should be conducted, so I do not interfere when people are halfway through their statements. But it was inappropriate. Members know that when they are tabling documents they do it succinctly; they identify the document, and they do not give any other interpretation to it. Leave has been sought. Is there any objection? There is objection.