Thank you.
In the interest of speed, I'd like to make a friendly amendment to Mr. Barrett's motion. I would say, “that he be given 20 minutes for a prepared statement.” I would drop “and that the Committee invite a Law Clerk of the House of Commons to provide a brief on the principle of the Cabinet Confidences and that he be given 20 minutes for a prepared statement.”
Or, we ask the law clerk to give us a separate briefing, so it's clear that it's not part of the normal record. I'm worried the law clerk will be constrained in what he can or cannot tell us. We could say, “and that the Committee invite a Law Clerk of the House of Commons to provide a separate briefing on the principle of the Cabinet Confidences.” Is that clear enough?
The rest of it is fine.