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Chapter 19 - Relations with the executive government
Questions
involving orders for returns
It has been ruled
that detailed information requiring considerable preparation should be sought
by motion for a return under standing order 164, rather than by
question upon notice (SD, 7/7/1905, p. 140; 1/8/1930, p. 5109; 19/3/1931,
p. 373; 15/5/1931, p. 1975; 28/7/1931, p. 4408). The rationale for these rulings
is that because an order for a return must be approved by the Senate this
procedure enables the Senate to consider whether the cost of preparing the
information is justified.
See also the material on unanswered questions on notice, above, and
Chapter 18, Documents, under Orders for the production of documents.
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