Mr. Chair, I have just a very brief comment regarding the composition of the steering committee and particularly in response to Madam Redman's conspiracy theory that there is some attempt on the Conservative members' behalf to hijack that committee.
There is certainly not. Mr. Reid was merely raising the issue of fairness. My understanding is that the chair does not have a vote on that committee, so the Conservative Party is thus unrepresented in terms of votes.
If Madam Redman doesn't want to have an additional government member sit on the committee, then I would suggest a compromise: why not let the committee composition remain the same but Madam Redman take the chair, and then you would have a vote?