Page 1350 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 25 March 2009
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MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Leave is granted.
MR STANHOPE: I must say that I will have to actually ask for a ruling on this.
Mrs Dunne: You gave leave.
MR STANHOPE: This is a motion that he purported to move—
Mr Coe: You gave leave. You gave leave, Jon.
MR STANHOPE: No, but you did not move it. You did not have it.
Mr Coe: Yes, I did.
Mrs Dunne: Yes, he did.
MR STANHOPE: No, he did not. He did not have one available. There was no document. There was nothing for me to actually address. I think we need to clarify this. My amendment was moved before Mr Coe’s. He did not have one. He just said, “I move an amendment.” He did not move anything. He moved just nothing.
Mrs Dunne: Just sit down and let the Assistant Speaker make a ruling.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: What we are trying to do is overcome—
MR STANHOPE: A stuff-up.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: I will not use those words, but I think that that is what it amounts to. What I would like the chamber to do is deal with Mr Coe’s and then, by leave—because at that point leave was granted and Mr Stanhope tabled his amendment as well.
Mrs Dunne: Yes.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: I would like to deal with Mr Coe’s.
Mrs Dunne: I think that is the wrong answer, by the look on the Chief Minister’s face.
MADAM ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Then we will go to—
MR STANHOPE: I said that the government would give leave when Mr Coe was in a position to move his motion. I did not give leave. I said I will give leave when Mr Coe actually gets himself organised and is in a position to move his motion.
Mrs Dunne: It is taking four people to sort out the Chief Minister’s hissy fit.
MR STANHOPE: I thought you would actually accept the importance of process and due process. This is about appropriate and due process. Mine was worded appropriately. Mr Coe did not have a motion; he did not have an amendment.
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