Thank you.
I have always understood, and my understanding may be faulty, that a substantive motion that arises from business under consideration does not require notice. I was thinking that I should be happy with the wording that we have before us. It just talks about substantive motions. I notice that the principal routine motions distributed by the clerk have a specific exception that says “unless the substantive motion relates directly to the business then under consideration”, whereas the motion that we're considering doesn't have that exception.
However we proceed, I want to be absolutely clear about whether when we are considering an item and someone wants to submit a motion to amend, even if it's substantive, if it arises out of the discussion we don't have to stop everything and give 48 hours' notice. I'm not sure if that requires the kind of exception that's in the draft the clerk gave out. I don't think it necessarily does, as long as it's on the record that motions that arise in the course of considering a matter, even if they're substantive, don't require notice.
Did I say that clearly enough?