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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Mental Health Beds</name>
      <text id="201510290f03634c371149d180000579">
        <heading>Mental Health Beds</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="question">
        <name>Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Mental Health Beds</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-10-29T14:54:53" />
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          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:54):</by>  And there are no cuts?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201510290f03634c371149d180000581">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Will the leader ask a fresh question?</text>
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        <name>Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201510290f03634c371149d180000582">
          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL:</by>  Supplementary to that question.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201510290f03634c371149d180000583">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Well, it would be a fourth supplementary.</text>
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        <name>Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL:</by>  Can the minister assure the house that there are no planned cuts to the number of mental health beds in South Australia?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="627" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.J. SNELLING</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Playford</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Health</name>
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            <name>Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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            <name>Minister for Health Industries</name>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:55):</by>  What I can say is whatever we do will be an increase in the number of mental health beds. Overall, the total number of mental health beds will have to increase.</text>
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