Points of Order

GERRY BROWNLEE (National—Ilam) Link to this

I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I raise this point of order under Standing Order 369 and Speaker’s rulings 140/4-6. This deals with the issue of ministerial delegations. It has now been some 6 weeks since the ministerial reshuffle, yet there is still no official delegation list laid on the Table of the House. Under the Standing Orders we are required to ask questions of Ministers according to their delegations. Speaker’s ruling 140/5 in particular instructs that the delegations should be laid on the Table “at once”. Six weeks later hardly seems to be “at once”.

Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Leader of the House) Link to this

Obviously I do not have the data before me, and clearly we have finished question time for the year, but I give an undertaking to the House that that letter will be available to be tabled at the start of next year so that it will be available for question time.