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Draft Federation Chamber Minutes

No. 47

Thursday, 23 March 2023

- 9:30:17 AM

 1The Federation Chamber met at 9.30 am.


- 9:30:24 AM

 2MEMBERS’ CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS

Members’ constituency statements being made—


Ms Watson-Brown,  9:30:31 AM. Mr J Wilson,  9:33:14 AM. Mr R Wilson,  9:36:20 AM. Mr Watts,  9:39:13 AM. Mr Birrell,  9:42:38 AM. Ms Wells,  9:45:25 AM. Mr Boyce,  9:48:28 AM. Ms Vamvakinou,  9:51:16 AM. Mr Broadbent,  9:54:20 AM.
- 9:54:47 AM

Document

Mr Broadbent, by leave, presented the following document:

Australia recorded relatively more ‘excess deaths’ during the Covid-19 pandemic than Sweden—Adam Creighton, 23 March 2023.


- 9:55:03 AM

Members’ constituency statements continued.


Mr Broadbent (in continuation),  9:55:05 AM. Ms Thwaites,  9:57:27 AM.
- 10:00:47 AM

 3POSTPONEMENT OF BUSINESS

Ordered—That business intervening before order of the day No. 1, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day.


- 10:01:02 AM

 4Parliamentary Standards—Joint Select Committee—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the motion of Ms Claydon—That the House take note of the document (presented on 29 November 2022), viz.—

Parliamentary Standards—Joint Select Committee—Final report—Report, November 2022—

Debate resumed.


Ms Steggall,  10:01:06 AM.
- 10:08:22 AM

Debate adjourned (Ms Sitou), and the resumption of the debate made an order of the day for the next sitting.


- 10:08:48 AM

 5ADJOURNMENT

Ms Sitou moved—That the Federation Chamber do now adjourn.

Debate ensued.


Dr Haines,  10:09:19 AM. Ms Lawrence,  10:14:14 AM. Ms Price,  10:19:39 AM. Dr Garland,  10:24:50 AM. Mr Pitt,  10:29:51 AM. Ms McBain,  10:35:02 AM.
- 10:40:17 AM

Question—put and passed.

At 10.40 am, the Deputy Speaker adjourned the Federation Chamber until 10.30 am on Monday, 27 March 2023.