Senator QUIRKE (10:33 AM) —Was the parliamentary secretary about to answer that? No? Rather than call a quorum and disturb every office in the building, I think it is appropriate that I should make a few remarks which will last for about a minute or so about the particular measure that is before the chamber.

Indeed, as I understand it, Senator Forshaw will have a lot more to say in a few moments when he returns here. He is much more up to date with the particular measure before the chamber than, indeed, I am but I just thought I would make a couple of remarks on this. I would like the parliamentary secretary to tell us, if she could, in a few words—this will probably, I trust and am told, only require about another minute of explanation—whether or not the particular proposal that has been put up is competent or not.