Thursday, 3 August 2023

Rulings from the Chair

Questions without notice and ministers statements

The SPEAKER (14:01): Before I call the Acting Premier, members, there have been some points of order this week about the nexus between substantive and supplementary questions, and I thought it was worth reminding the house of the requirements. Sessional order 6 provides for the asking member to direct a supplementary question to the responding minister to elucidate or clarify the answer. The sessional order goes on to state:

Supplementary questions must actually and accurately relate to the original question, must relate to or arise from the answer and must not be a separate question on the same topic.

Members coming into the chamber with a preprepared supplementary question run the risk of not complying with sessional order 6.