When we agreed to dispense with the motion until the end of the meeting, I talked to the senior clerks, and they indicated that committee business is a very broad category, and you can bring, as I mentioned before, other items forward. Also, given past practice of this committee, where this sort of thing has been acceptable, or there have been no objections in the past to this type of practice, I advised the chair that it was admissible to accept Mr. Cullen's motion.
The senior clerks also reminded me, however, that the concept of a notice principle is exactly as Mr. Vellacott pointed out at the beginning of the meeting, where you afford the entire committee appropriate time to consider motions that are brought forward in order to allow members to reflect appropriately before they vote.
So we're in a situation where it is a bit of a grey zone, where motions can be brought forward through the back door, as some members would probably consider this to be the case. But again, the committee business rubric is a fairly broad and large one, and it does allow for members to bring forward other items of business. In this case Mr. Cullen's motion was another item of committee business and therefore, according to past practice of the committee, it could go forward.