Mr McCLELLAND (Barton) (3.15 p.m.)—Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
The SPEAKER—Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Mr McCLELLAND—Yes, I do.
The SPEAKER—Please proceed.
Mr McCLELLAND—In an answer earlier today the Minister for Defence quoted me in a context that suggested I favoured breaking up our Overwatch Battle Group in southern Iraq before its withdrawal. That is not the case. I refer the House to several statements that I have made indicating that is not the position of the federal opposition.