Mr BURKE (Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) (3:49 PM) —On indulgence, Mr Speaker: I would like to take the opportunity to advise the House as to where we are now up to. We remain, as earlier, patiently in the hands of the other place. They are continuing to move through various amendments but are not yet at the stage where they are ready to report to us. With that in mind, I suggest, Mr Speaker, that it might suit the convenience of the House at this point for you to leave the chair, to suspend the sitting and to cause the sitting to resume at the ringing of the bells, which we envisage might be convenient to occur at 10 o’clock tomorrow.

The SPEAKER —Order! The chair will be resumed at the ringing of the bells.

Wednesday, 2 December 2009