Yes, most definitely: that the chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence and to have that evidence printed when a quorum is not present, provided that at least three members are present, including a member of the opposition and a member of the government, but when travelling outside the parliamentary precinct, that the meeting begin after 15 minutes, regardless of members present.
Can we have someone move that?
Okay, Mr. Dechert.
(Motion agreed to)
The next one we're going to look at says that witnesses be given ten minutes to make their opening statement; that, at the discretion of the chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated ten minutes for the first questioner of each party when a minister appears before the committee and seven minutes for the other meetings; and that thereafter five minutes be allocated to each subsequent questioner, alternating between government and opposition parties.