Evidence of meeting #1 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was clerk.
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Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
It reads:
That, unless otherwise ordered, each committee member be allowed to be accompanied by one staff member at in camera meetings and that one additional person from each House officer’s office be allowed to be present.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Thank you.
(Motion agreed to)
We will go back to you, Dr. Fry, for number nine.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
It reads as follows:
That one copy of the transcript of each in camera meeting be kept in the committee clerk’s office for consultation by members of the committee or by their staff; and that the analysts assigned to the committee also have access to the in camera transcripts.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Thank you very much, Dr. Fry.
(Motion agreed to)
Thank you very much, Dr. Fry. We'll go back to you for a slightly longer text. This one is entitled “Notice of Motion”.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
It reads:
That a 48-hour notice, interpreted as two nights, be required for any substantive motion to be moved in committee, unless the substantive motion relates directly to business then under consideration, provided that: (a) the notice be filed with the clerk of the committee no later than 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday; (b) the motion be distributed to Members and the offices of the whips of each recognized party in both official languages by the clerk on the same day the said notice was transmitted if it was received no later than the deadline hour; (c) notices received after the deadline hour or on non-business days be deemed to have been received during the next business day; and that when the committee is holding meetings outside the Parliamentary Precinct, no substantive motion may be moved.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Thank you very much, Dr. Fry.
Is there any discussion on this motion about notices of motion?
(Motion agreed to)
We'll go back to you, Dr. Fry, for the final routine motion. It is on orders of reference.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
It reads as follows: “That in relation to orders of reference from the House respecting bills, (a) the clerk of the committee shall, upon the committee receiving such an order of reference, write to each member on the committee to invite those members to file with the clerk of the committee, in both official languages, any amendments to the bill which is the subject of the said order, which they would suggest that the committee consider; (b) suggested amendments filed, pursuant to paragraph (a), at least 48 hours prior to the start of clause-by-clause consideration of the bill to which the amendments relate shall be deemed to be proposed during the said consideration, provided that the committee may, by motion, vary this deadline in respect of a given bill; and (c) during the clause-by-clause consideration of a bill, the chair shall allow a member who filed suggested amendments, pursuant to paragraph (a), an opportunity to make brief representations in support of them.”
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Thank you very much, Dr. Fry.
Is there any discussion or debate on this final routine motion?
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Chair, just a point of order, I wonder if Ms. Fry can clarify the motion she moved, because I think the word “not” might have been missed in the reading of it. To clarify, the text that I have in (a) says, “The clerk of the committee shall, upon the committee receiving such an order of reference, write to each member who is not a member of a caucus represented” and then continues from there. I'm not sure if that was—
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
I'm sorry. I thought I read 'not', but that's fine if I didn't.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
It's just so what we're voting on is clear on the record.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
The word 'not' is in the text of the motion as circulated.
Go ahead, Mr. Bergeron.
Bloc
Stéphane Bergeron Bloc Montarville, QC
I have a point of clarification.
Would this routine motion prevent us from introducing amendments during the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill?
The Clerk
Members can always propose amendments during the discussions at a meeting of the committee.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Thank you, Mr. Bergeron.
Are there any further questions, requests for clarification or points of discussion?
Thank you very much, my dear colleagues. This routine motion is adopted.
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
The Chair:
We have now dealt with all the routine motions.
We will now proceed to other business and discussion.
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
I'm sorry. I was a little hasty, Dr. Fry.
Yes, there is another page attached. My apologies. There is a motion on technical tests for witnesses. We will go back to you.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
I move:
That the clerk inform each witness who is to appear before the committee that the House Administration support team must conduct technical tests to check the connectivity and the equipment used to ensure the best possible sound quality; and that the Chair advises the committee, at the start of each meeting, of any witness who did not perform the required technical tests.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Thank you very much, Dr. Fry.
This is an important motion. I'd like to—
Conservative
Marty Morantz Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, MB
Mr. Chair, on a point of order, on my list I have several others that come up before the technical test for witnesses: gifts, televising, webcasting, a subcommittee on international human rights, and then technical tests.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
I don't have that one in front of me. Maybe we're looking at different documents.
Conservative
Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB
On a point of order, we can move whatever motions we like, and they are on my list as well.
We could maybe adopt the technical tests motion, and then we can move the other motions and discuss them at that point.
Conservative