Actually, our whip told us of no such agreement to not return after the votes. He told us it was at our discretion. I understand there is an event this evening that is of some importance to some members of the committee and it would not be fair to ask them to miss that particular event. We're lucky on this side of the House to have an event of our own that did not clash with the committee's schedule and we were able to attend it. So in the interest of fairness and goodwill, we think other members should be allowed to attend theirs. So on this side, we would be willing to give our consent to not returning after the vote.
On June 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.