Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I'll be as quick as I can, but I need to be clear. There's a minimum size and you're going to dig that anyway, and once you're in there you have the options of making it bigger or not, depending on what decisions are made about committee rooms and where they're placed. It s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thanks.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, if I might, it was suggested that one of the things that's left flexible and yet to be decided is the size.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  How can they start digging if they don't know what size it will be? I'm sorry, but you said that one of the areas where there was still some room for input and flexibility was the size of the welcome centre. How can you start digging it if you don't know how big you're going to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I appreciate that. You did hear us, and you're responding as though you have it posted above all of your desks. That's excellent. We appreciate that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Can I just leave a thought, and then I'm done?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't think for one minute that you're going to try to run out in front of us. In fact, in this current system, that's the last thing you want. If anything, you're probably going to be hounding us to make sure. There's lots of CYA here; I get it. That's good. That's what we wan

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Nicely put.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, not at all.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My curiosity is around trying to make the timing work so we can make an informed decision. Parliament is not known for rushing, to start with. You, of course, are on a deadline to make these decisions. Give me your thinking on how that's going to unfold.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It could be daily.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay, that's fine.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have no doubt. It sounds as if you've taken the election period into account. I want to be very clear: We leave here near the end of June. This Parliament's not coming back. It'll be the next Parliament. That could be any time in November or later, and then, once Parliament s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Here would be my concern if I were returning, which I am not. When we come back and start to ask questions, we might hear, “Oh, sorry, we had to make that decision on a deadline and you weren't around.” We don't want to hear that. I need an assurance from you so that the 43rd P