Procedure and House Affairs committee  To go to the rest of your question, Mr. Richards, it is very difficult for us at this stage to go any further than what we have already said. It is a completely hypothetical construct at this point. What I will say, though, is that in the West Block the floor space—and I stand

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is the idea, yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I am going to call up the law clerk, because it is a legal question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is Philippe Dufresne, law clerk and parliamentary counsel.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Other than administration, we are always prepared to analyze whatever proposals come forward, and we can turn that around fairly quickly as an administration. We are fairly agile. We will have to wait and see what comes of it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would just add—and Dan may jump in—that in fact what we find is that members don't fully utilize their points. That's the statistical analysis that we've done of it. That's what it shows.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. Well, senators.... I mean, the committee can state what it wishes, but you have to think of how you accomplish those sanctions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're available at the committee's wishes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In fact, I have prepared remarks. We were both prepared to answer your questions, but we will obviously put that off to another time. We're pleased to be here to follow up on the question of privilege that was referred to the committee on April 19, 201

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again as I've said before, the committee has the full flexibility to recommend any kind of structure it wants to recommend. I'm reminded a little bit of something that Dr. Koester, a previous clerk of the House, said to me one time, and it's from an old version of Erskine May, wh

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There is a well-established rule that we don't comment on the presence or absence of members. That said, it is no secret that attendance on Fridays is lower, for the same reasons I mentioned earlier. All parties have roster systems. They try to manage the requirements for their m

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said earlier, the vast majority of House of Commons personnel are indeterminate employees. They are full-time employees. There are a small number of sessional employees, so there may be an impact there, but I would suggest that it's minimal. Pierre, would you agree?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Perhaps in some offices, but we're used to the parliamentary cycle and we manage with that. I don't think it would have a huge impact.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Correct.