Mr Dutton —Mr Speaker, I second the motion. This is a government that is denying—

The SPEAKER —Order! The member for Dickson will resume his seat. The question now is that the motion moved by the Leader of the House be agreed to.

Mr Pyne —Mr Speaker, on a point of order: with due respect, I did actually read the first part of my amendment up to the word ‘bill’—

The SPEAKER —The member for Sturt will resume his seat.

Mr Pyne interjecting—

The SPEAKER —The member for Sturt will resume his seat.

Mr Pyne interjecting—

The SPEAKER —No. The member for Sturt can prattle on all he likes, but he will resume his seat. He will resume his seat and sit quietly for at least 30 seconds. The only motion that had been put to the chamber was the motion that was moved by the Leader of the House. The member for Sturt rose to move an amendment. The Leader of the House moved that the question be put. That has been agreed to.

Opposition members interjecting—

The SPEAKER —Before we get too carried away, we will clearly go through this. The chamber knows that on several occasions I said that the question—which we have just dealt with—was that the question be now put. The member for O’Connor, thankfully now, raised two points of order with me, and I referred to standing order 81—Closure of question.

Original question put: