Questions without notice—Answers
Notice of motion
Hon Neil Thomson gave notice that at the next sitting of the house he would move:
That this house:
(a) notes a significant deficiency in the standard of answers provided in 2025 by ministers and parliamentary secretaries when representing ministers from the other place;
(b) observes that this deficiency has manifested itself in evasive and uninformed responses to questions without notice;
(c) calls on government representatives to do much better by providing frank, transparent and accountable answers to opposition and crossbench members in 2026;
(d) foreshadows that if there is no improvement, the Legislative Council will consider holding a special inquiry into their failure to respect the role of Parliament; and
(e) sends a strong message to ministers and parliamentary secretaries that they will be held to account in 2026 if they do not improve their performance.
