Chair, at this point you've not had a chance to rule on the subject of the three witnesses at the top--John Courtney, Andrew Heard, and Heather MacIvor.
I know with near certainty that none of them have been investigated for election spending, yet they are being invited to testify as witnesses. I suppose that means they are being invited to testify about the Conservative electoral financing practices. The individuals you have taken off the list are also being called to testify about Conservative electoral practices, so they would fall within the motion, and so I would ask that they simply be put back on, given that they are going to be asked to testify about the contents contained within the motion. They are not being asked to testify about prior elections, but on the content within the motion.
In that new light—