Extract from Hansard Legislative Council 11 April 2001
Mike Elliott Leader Australian Democrats Member of the Legislative Council		Parliament Index 2001 Autumn Sitting Index Browse by Subject   Search all Democrats material About the SA Parliament Hansard on line

The Hon. M.J. ELLIOTT: Will the Minister for Administrative and Information Services please explain to this Council the reason for his failure to provide answers to three questions asked yesterday when one could reasonably expect that the answers would reside within his office? Answers have not be supplied so, as parliament is not sitting for the next two weeks, we will have to wait for three weeks before we receive them. Why should not this be seen as a contempt of this parliament?

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Minister for Administrative and Information Services.

The Hon. R.D. LAWSON (Minister for Administrative and Information Services): That is hardly a question for me to answer, Mr President, when the honourable member sees the question that he has posed. Yesterday, the honourable member did ask me certain questions about the number of megawatts of power and the current cost of electricity for 300 customers. I said that I would take that question on notice. If he expected me to carry that sort of information around in my head, I believe that is unreasonable, and I believe that every other honourable member would regard it as unreasonable.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister is trying to answer the question.

The Hon. R.D. LAWSON: I said yesterday that I would take the questions on notice so that I could provide a considered and proper response and one that is entirely accurate, and I will undertake to do so.

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