Thank you, Mr. Cullen.
In my duty as chair, under the advisement of our legislative clerk, the amendment would allow the Information Commissioner to appoint a mediator for certain purposes. As House of Commons Procedure and Practice , Second Edition, states on pages 767 and 768:
Since an amendment may not infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown, it is inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the public treasury, or if it extends the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications specified in the royal recommendation.
In the opinion of the chair, the appointment of a mediator would impose a new charge on the public treasury. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.