Good morning, and welcome to the 57th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. This meeting is in public.
Today the meeting is to continue our study on the question of privilege regarding the free movement of members of Parliament within the parliamentary precinct. The meeting will begin with a briefing from the analyst about previous questions of privilege related to this topic.
At 11 a.m. the Speaker, the Acting Clerk, and the acting director of PPS will attend to respond to members' questions regarding the administrative framework on the Hill. Finally, at noon, Ms. Raitt and Mr. Bernier will be here to discuss the circumstances that led to the question of privilege.
We're also making good progress on getting the estimates either on the 16th or the 18th, next week, so that looks very probable.
With that, I'll turn the floor over to Mr. Barnes, our analyst from the Library of Parliament. The analyst is not a witness, and so we don't have to do the rounds if you don't want. We can do our informal questioning of him once he has finished his presentation.