Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 9 to Minister, 21 November

Mr Speaker, I seek leave to make a personal explanation to correct an answer to an oral question.

💬 SPEAKER: Sorry, can you speak closer to your microphone?

Sorry; I seek leave to make a personal explanation to correct an answer to an oral question.

💬 SPEAKER: Leave is sought for a personal explanation to correct an answer. Is there any objections to that? There appears to be none.

Thank you. I’d just like to make a correction to an answer for oral question No. 9 in the House on 21 November. I accidentally said that the eligible students will be provided assistance by the Ministry of Transport, but I meant to say the Ministry of Education.

Point of order, Mr Speaker. We are now at the end of question time. The Minister has been in the House for the entire duration of question time. Therefore, she must have known at the beginning of question time that she had needed to correct an answer. Why did she not do that at the first available opportunity, which was as soon as the House resumed?

Well, perhaps it could have been because I called the questions fairly quickly upon arriving, but that would normally be the course of action that should be taken. You can’t turn back time, unfortunately.

I declare the House in committee for consideration of the Fast-track Approvals Bill and the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill.