House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Personal Explanation Members' Remarks MEMBERS' REMARKS Mr HANNA House of Assembly Mitchell Mr HANNA (Mitchell) (16:54): I seek leave to make a personal explanation. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Mitchell seeks leave. Is leave granted? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Leave is not granted. Mr HANNA House of Assembly Mr HANNA: Sir, may I divide on that point? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: Sorry, sir. Leave is granted. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: I understand the Attorney is withdrawing his objection. The member for Mitchell has leave. Mr HANNA House of Assembly Mr HANNA: Mr Speaker, now I feel I must add something, because the member for Torrens is aggrieved and she has suggested that I have treated her unfairly in debate. I apologise for any offence caused by my earlier remarks to the member for Torrens. However, having spoken with her outside of the official proceedings, I now understand what has happened. The fact is, as I said earlier, on the record, that a promise was made to me that this bill would not be debated in committee today. There was no qualification to that at the time. The Attorney seems to have gone on with the committee debate without having consulted with the whip. The difficulty in the situation is that, when the whip makes a commitment, it is on behalf of the government. If any one of the government then breaches that commitment, unfortunately, it may not reflect well on the whip. However, on this occasion, I accept entirely what the member for Torrens has said, and I do not attribute any blame to her. At 16:55 the house adjourned until Tuesday 7 April 2009 at 11:00.