It was defeated by an overwhelming margin, I think we would agree.
The other routine motion that I wanted to present I've also distributed to committee members. What that does is define, in a minority Parliament, the definition around when a committee can meet in camera, so it's something that can be more circumscribed.
It would read as follows:
That the committee may meet in camera only for the following purposes:
(a) to consider a draft report;
(b) to attend briefings concerning national security;
(c) to consider lists of witnesses;
(d) for any other reason, with the unanimous consent of the committee.
That all votes taken in camera, with the exception of votes regarding the consideration of draft reports, be recorded in the Minutes of Proceedings, including how each member voted when recorded votes are requested.
The intention of this routine motion, Madam Chair, is simply to reduce the amount of time that's often taken, in a minority Parliament, to discuss when the committee should go in camera, by having this limited list. What it does is it saves time for the committee. It means that, essentially, we would be going in camera only for those reasons. Of course, that doesn't preclude at all the unanimous consent of the committee to do so.
I so move.