Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Members

Attorney-General

Absence

Lizzie BLANDTHORN (Western Metropolitan – Minister for Children, Minister for Disability) (12:00): I rise to inform the house that for the purposes of question time today I will answer questions for the portfolios of Attorney-General and emergency services.

Members interjecting.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: The opposition would like an explanation as to where the second minister is.

Lizzie BLANDTHORN: I also inform the house that Minister Shing is delayed and that for the purposes of question time I can also take questions on behalf of her portfolios.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: It is all right; Minister Shing has just arrived.

Members interjecting.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Can we please just have some decorum for question time.

Michael Galea: On a point of order, Deputy President, I ask that Mr Davis retract his comments to Ms Shing.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Ms Shing is here. If she was offended, she can ask for a retraction.

Harriet Shing: On a point of order, Deputy President, Mr Davis’s comments were offensive, and I ask that he unconditionally withdraw.

David Davis: I retract that the royal presence is here; I am happy to retract that.

The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Can we just have a retraction without qualification, please.

David Davis: I retract.