Mr. Chair, I'm trying to remember exactly what the agreement was on this, but if we do start to open this up, it could start setting a precedent.
I think Ms. Charlton has a fairly valid point about people who may have wanted to be invited by one side or the other. I don't think this is what happened here, but in theory you can see that people inviting themselves in sort of a back way favouring one side or the other.
What I would say is that I always welcome written submissions by everyone. I'm a little concerned. I'm not 100% opposed, but I am a little concerned that this could start set a precedent and cause some more functionality to break down.