Page 4067 - Week 13 - Thursday, 10 November 1994
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
MR HUMPHRIES: Madam Speaker, I seek leave to ask a question under standing order 118A.
MADAM SPEAKER: Proceed, Mr Humphries.
MR HUMPHRIES: I did ask a question yesterday of the Attorney-General and Minister for Health concerning questions that are unanswered. I was promised an answer by close of business yesterday. I have not yet received it. I ask another Minister, the Minister for Industrial Relations, Sport, et cetera, Mr Lamont, when I can expect answers to questions Nos 1395, 1396, 1397 and 1398, which were asked on 15 September.
MR CONNOLLY: Madam Speaker, may I unsolicitedly give Mr Humphries some information? Those answers were signed off and, I understand, now have been lodged. The reason for the delay was that they were questions asked of me but they had to be answered by a central agency. Those questions often take a rather longer time to answer than questions that can be answered within the one Minister's portfolio. The answers have been signed off, and I understand from my office - - -
Mr Humphries: So, where are they?
MR CONNOLLY: I signed them off around lunchtime today and I asked that they be lodged in the system. I presume that they are somewhere in the system.
Mr Humphries: Is that also Mr Lamont's position?
MR LAMONT: My understanding is that I am in the same position, but I will verify that for you.
Mr Humphries: You have signed them off as well?
MR LAMONT: I understand that they have been finalised. I will verify that before we finish this afternoon.
PAPERS
MR BERRY (Manager of Government Business): Madam Speaker, I present, for the information of members, the following papers: The Treasurer's Quarterly Financial Statement for the period 1 July to 30 September 1994, and the Australian Capital Territory Aggregate Financial Statement for the period 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994, together with the Auditor-General's report.
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