We said at the beginning, when Mr. Rathgeber came, that we wanted to ensure we had full fairness and due diligence for private members business. It's important. For a backbench member, or any member who brings forward their legislation, they have the right to come to committee and be heard. Unfortunately, Mr. Rathgeber didn't get the full chance to be heard because we were interrupted. We had one round. Normally we would have been given the full period.
I feel it's a fundamental issue of respect, whether we all support the bill or not. This is part of our job as parliamentarians, and I'd like to give Mr. Rathgeber the full chance to hear from the MPs.
We would prefer not to spend too long on the debate; we'd like to be able to move on, because I know my colleagues want to talk with the commissioner. We're running out of time on this, so if we have the indulgence of the committee, we could pass the motion and move on.