Mr. Chair, our colleague Mr. Fergus is in the process of telling us who is accountable to the House of Commons. He's telling us that it's ministers. No one is contesting that.
The motion refers to people who have been summoned, not to be accountable, but to testify so that they can be asked some questions, and that is not prohibited. It's actually encouraged.
The idea of accountability is another matter and is out of order. We're not talking about who is accountable. It doesn't appear anywhere in the motion or in our debates. We are discussing a motion about people who were supposed to testify and did not. They were not invited to be accountable, they were invited to testify.
Thank you.