Mr BATES (Brisbane) (15:02): My question is to the Minister for Housing. Minister, regarding housing, how are negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts good? Mr Perrett: Here it comes! The SPEAKER: The member for Moreton will leave the chamber under 94(a). The time to interject is not when a minister is approaching the dispatch box. The member for Moreton then left the chamber. The SPEAKER: I want to hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Burke: Mr Speaker, this is the second one that we've had today where a question is going to not the portfolio minister. The question doesn't actually go broadly to housing policy. It's very specifically on tax policy. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my left. People are entitled to make points of order. Just as the opposition have, the crossbench are entitled to make points of order. I'll hear from the Leader of the Australian Greens. Mr Bandt: Speaker, on the point of order, I have two points. Firstly, the opening words of the question were 'regarding housing'. Secondly, if it's the government's contention that negative gearing and capital gains tax discount do not have an impact on housing, then that is an extraordinary admission. That is an extraordinary statement. The SPEAKER: I don't want to get into a situation where I'm ruling questions out because they're not directed to the relevant minister. But simply a broad statement about something that is not directly related to the minister's portfolio—it may touch on the work that happens in the portfolio, but, on the policy itself, under the standing orders that sort of question should go to the relevant minister responsible for that policy. The minister can answer the question if she wishes to. If she wishes to direct it, under the standing orders and practices, she may, to the minister who is relevant, which is not this minister. But she can take the first part of the question, as it was relating to housing.