I was going to keep this until tomorrow, since tomorrow is Friday. But I decided if I did that, it would be taken as being light-hearted and I don't intend that to be the case. Mr. Speaker, a long time ago, when I was a young man, I worked for a regional newspaper. My conditions were very cramped. There were ink-stains all over the place. All the cups were chipped. There was no flat service to put a pencil down and everything seemed to get dirty. Every time you moved, something fell down. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, in the few hours we had last night before we met in our evening session, I had an opportunity to look at the space we have allocated to the media. That may give some explanation as to the questions that have been asked about accessibility and how we feel about our local media.

I would like to point out, Mr. Speaker, that there was never any plan to put the media in a bad mood. It was something that has happened which has caused some degree of discontent. So I would like to urge all Members to be kind to our local media. There is no hidden agenda. I do confess, when I looked at the quarters they inhabit in the back, it reminded me of many chapters I read a long time ago, where Charles Dickens describes what it is like to be in the workhouse, and the terrible conditions under which people had to work many years ago.

I would like to assure the media that it was not planned and that every one of our Members will do everything they can to treat their staff in a hospitable way. We will be kind and provide them with as much information as we can on every possible occasion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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