Did the Minister make a reference to farmers' rates? Has he forgotten his own party policy document which proposed the abolition of the whole rating system on farmers, domestic dwellings and commercial properties?

This can all be discussed on the Bill to be debated tomorrow.

It is easy for the Minister to make bland statements ignoring his own party policy position as stated in booklet form——

I will not have a post mortem on every chapel gate speech made over the last ten years.

It is very easy for the Chair to take the Minister off the hook.

The Chair is trying to restore some order to Question Time.

You did not draw the attention of the Minister to the fact that he was drifting from the point of the question in the reply which he gave.

The Chair has no control over the way questions are answered. We are moving on to priority questions.