House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Hospital Beds Hospital Beds Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna Hospital Beds Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (15:22): My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Health. Given that private hospitals in metropolitan Adelaide are all full, won't your decision and the government's decision to open 20 beds in private hospitals simply displace private patients back into the public health system in an expensive merry-go-round? The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER House of Assembly The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order, sir: standing order 97 precludes argument from being contained in the body of the question. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Yes. There is argument in that question. I'm in a merciful mood. I will give you an opportunity to correct it, member for Kaurna. Mr PICTON House of Assembly Mr PICTON: Can the minister assure South Australians that the decision to use 20 private beds will not displace those patients into the public system? The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly Stuart Minister for Energy and Mining The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (15:22): Again, I'll go back to the Minister for Health. I'll take that question on notice. I'll go back to the Minister for Health— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —get an answer and bring it back for the shadow minister.