Not to beat a dead dog here, but I just want to reassure my colleagues. I understand what's happened in other committees, but I remember distinctly that we had an issue early in the last Parliament when a number of the Conservative Party members did not want to participate and said they were going to leave, and the chair said his job as chair was to stay here and hear evidence, and the committee went on.
So I cannot see a situation in which our chair will get up and leave to try to stop this committee. I think we need to move forward, because within this committee we have to show trust that we have a chair.... I understand the concerns, but we have set a standard in this committee for trying to find ways to work together, and I think this is a reasonable move forward.