I rise to speak to Mr Davis’s amendment. As other crossbenchers have mentioned this morning, this has come at a very inconvenient time with us not having been able to make alternative plans. Given that we have had some of the COVID-19 restrictions lifted, I know that my diary, as I assume many others, have booked in face-to-face meetings throughout my electorate so that I can go and do that important work with my constituents, which involves lengthy travelling across my enormous electorate. Whilst I appreciate the fact that, yes, our role is to be in this place and to hold the government accountable, I do believe that more time for us to make this decision would have been far more convenient. However, we still have the rest of the year and perhaps we can schedule in extra days throughout the rest of the six months that we have, so I would like that to be considered.
I rise to speak to Mr Davis’s amendment. As other crossbenchers have mentioned this morning, this has come at a very inconvenient time with us not having been able to make alternative plans. Given that we have had some of the COVID-19 restrictions lifted, I know that my diary, as I assume many others, have booked in face-to-face meetings throughout my electorate so that I can go and do that important work with my constituents, which involves lengthy travelling across my enormous electorate. Whilst I appreciate the fact that, yes, our role is to be in this place and to hold the government accountable, I do believe that more time for us to make this decision would have been far more convenient. However, we still have the rest of the year and perhaps we can schedule in extra days throughout the rest of the six months that we have, so I would like that to be considered.
