I do have a salient point, which is that if the bill were permitted to continue on in its present form and, as the clerk identified, it would be a stand-alone, is that constitutional? Is it a legal bill? I would suggest that it may not be successful if it were stand-alone. Maybe the department could advise us.
I think there is consensus that we want this to go ahead, but the way it is now, it may not be successful either. There may be problems either way. It would have a greater chance if it is improved to be a good bill and if there is unanimous support for it to continue on, I suspect the Speaker would support the ruling and advice of the committee.
I have a question. Is there a risk of it moving forward? Is there a constitutional problem or a legal problem with the bill, as it was originally written?