Yes indeed.
Madam Chair, I too have some questions about clarifying the sequence of events.
We did in fact send a summons to appear to some Meta representatives, and afterwards, through the clerk, Meta sent a request. We agreed to send them an invitation afterwards, but the summons to appear had already been sent to Meta. Out of courtesy, and at their request, if I recall correctly, we added a letter of invitation to the summons. The clerk can correct me if necessary. Meta had agreed that the people we had invited would appear. It had been confirmed that Mr. Clegg would be among those who would attend, and we believed in Meta's good faith and assumed that Mr. Clegg was bound, not only by his agreement to appear further to the invitation, but also indirectly as a result of the summons we had sent a few days earlier.
So, what reasons were given? Could they just be toying with us? I'd also like to know whether the clerk has further details about why they said they were cancelling Mr. Clegg's appearance before the committee. All we've seen is an amendment to the meeting notice for today, which simply leaves out Mr. Clegg's name with no further information.
Were there any explanations, yes or no? I don't think it's up to the witnesses to tell us why, given that there was probably a conversation held between the committee and Meta.
Can the clerk provide us with further details?