Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The first issue would be the question of whether or not the Auditor General has jurisdiction to actually look at members' expenses and over the House of Commons. That would be a legal question to be considered.
Next to that would be the question of getting the board's permission. In the past, the only two times when the Auditor General came and did an audit of the House's resources and the expenses of members were on the invitation of the board. That's the history.