Thank you.
In response to that amendment, I have a ruling, which reads as follows. Bill S-5 seeks to encourage alternative methods and strategies in the testing and assessments of substances to replace, reduce or refine the use of vertebrate animals. The amendment seeks to extend it to all animals. However, as House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 770, “An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.”
In the opinion of the chair and for the above-stated reason, the amendment brings a new concept that is beyond the scope of the bill. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
That's where we stand on that.
We'll now go on to—