Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As the law clerk has explained, the process would be laid out in progressive steps, as per section 19 in the bylaws. The Clerk of the House, under the authority of the board, would first of all give notice to a member that an amount is outstanding. As Mr. Denis suggested, if the situation is not rectified, then the clerk, through the board, may order that the amount of money necessary to rectify the situation be withheld from any budget.
So the board would decide that a budget is to be reduced, or payments are not to be made from a particular budget. Failing that, the budget that is afforded to a member under paragraph 19(c) may be frozen or not made available to a member until such time as the situation is rectified.
There is a series of progressive steps, as the law clerk identified, for correction.