Pat Martin at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

I submitted this on May 8, so I believe it is in order in respect of timeliness.

I move that the Standing House Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics report to the House that the Standing Orders of the House of Commons be amended so that in section 3(3) of Appendix 1, Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons, the word “or” is dropped after the word “public” in subsection (b), and in its place the following words be added:

(c) if the private interest consists of being named as a defendant in a lawsuit regarding matters then before Parliament or a Committee of Parliament; or

and to re-letter the remainder of the subsection accordingly.