Before I come to Question 6, let me just read the Rule. Rule 236(5) says that "if a member does not rise when a question for oral reply standing in that member's name comes up for reply, the question lapses unless the person who is to reply to the question elects to reply to the question or tables the reply".
Mr Sinclair is not in the House, so I will leave it to the Deputy President to decide if he wants to reply to that question, otherwise the question will lapse. That is what the Rule says. The Deputy President is not forced to reply. The member is not in the House. I am saying that the Deputy President can use his discretion.