Mr BURKE (Watson—Manager of Opposition Business) (14:26): My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's tabling of a written statement by the member for Chisholm during question time last week. During that answer, was he aware that, by tabling the statement instead of having the member for Chisholm speak directly to the House, the House would be prevented from holding the member for Chisholm to account for any inaccuracies in the statement? Why did he take that action rather than let the member for Chisholm stand in parliament and make a statement in her own words? The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House on a point of order? Mr Porter: For a start, it contains imputations about inaccuracies without identifying any. Secondly, the standing orders are not inside the ministerial responsibilities of the Prime Minister. The SPEAKER: I will hear from the Manager of Opposition Business. Mr BURKE: Both in the preamble and, quite specifically, in the question at the end, I have asked about an answer that the Prime Minister gave in the House and why he gave it in a particular way. The SPEAKER: The point that the Manager of Opposition Business makes, I think, is right. The question is about an action the Prime Minister took during question time in answer to a question last week. I don't think it would be right for me to prevent questioning of something the Prime Minister has said in an answer, so I'm going to call the Prime Minister.