Mr Katter said he was frustrated that the Trade Minister was representing the Government on what he described as a "bio-security issue" and kept asking the Minister why he was discussing the issue.

The Deputy Speaker Anna Burke ordered that Mr Katter remove himself from the chamber for one hour.

"I did interject but he wouldn't answer the question so I kept repeating it and she threw me out," Mr Katter said.

Mr Katter said the Health Minister or Agriculture Minister should have been discussing the issue on behalf of the Government.

"I'm just wondering why the minister for trade is handling a matter concerning the lives of Australians."

The Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) could not be trusted to keep bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad cow disease, out of Australia if the Government begins importing beef from BSE-affected countries, Mr Katter said.

"Everyone in Australia now will be scared to eat beef. (Beef affected with) mad cow disease was banned in every country not because it was destroying their cows but because it was destroying people.

"This has nothing whatsoever to do with trade. This is about protection of the Australian people from disease."

Mr Crean has defended the Government's decision to allow beef imports from BSE affected countries.

"With all of the protections in place, (I am) 100 per cent certain that we won't be importing beef with BSE," he said.

The Minister also labelled various groups campaigning against lifting the import bans as "mischievous".

"If he's saying that protecting Australians from disease is mischievous, than he has a very peculiar interpretation of the English language," Mr Katter said.