Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Assistant Minister for Social Services) (12:19): I seek leave to make a short statement. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator FIFIELD: There is more than just a hint of hypocrisy in this motion. Under the Howard government there was provision for spillover days. When the previous Labor government came into office they decided they would dispense with spillover days. In fact, Labor senators adopted very much a work to rule attitude: not one minute of smoko time would ever be encroached upon while Labor were in charge of the Senate estimates process; it was work to rule. If Senator Polley were here, I might make particular reference to her chairing of Senate estimates committees in that regard. Senator Jacinta Collins: She is here. Senator FIFIELD: Oh, there she is. Senator Polley interjecting— Senator FIFIELD: That's right, work to rule. So it is a little ironic and a little hypocritical that the opposition, with their numbers, are now seeking to reintroduce this. For our part, we do not have a particular issue with it, but it is just hypocritical. (Time expired) Question agreed to.