TRADE UNION OFFICIALS

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): As a supplementary question, has the minister ever been involved in negotiating such a payment or payments as a trade union official, and has the minister ever received such a payment or payments as a union official?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter has a point of order.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I can find absolutely no basis of ministerial responsibility in that question.

The PRESIDENT: The honourable minister does not have to answer the question if he does not wish, of course. All I know is that I would have been a millionaire if I had had payments like that.