Thank you, Chair.
I want to table a motion for this committee and, if I may, read it for the record. The clerk, I believe, has a back-up for some information in reference to the motion. I would like to very quickly read the motion for the record.
I move:
That the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs prepare a report to the House of Commons before November 10, 2006, recommending changes to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons based on the June 22, 1992 report of the Special Advisory Committee to the Speaker on unparliamentary language, and the Speaker's authority to deal with breaches of decorum and behaviour.
That's the motion, Chair. The back-up that is being passed around in both official languages is in fact that said report, for people's reference.
As many of us have been concerned as of late about decorum in the House, it's always important to look back at what has been done in recommendations. Since this is the committee that deals with the Standing Orders, I thought it would obviously be the place to not only table it, but for us to deal with it, since there is a lot of concern around not only the most recent events but concerns around decorum in the House in general.
That's the motion, and I thank you for your indulgence.