You asked for a precedent, and precedent is by how a committee has behaved in the past. This committee has allowed non-permanent members of the committee to sub in during meetings and speak. This not just my opinion; I'm sharing with you the precedents that I saw in the last Parliament.
Non-regular members—and I don't have to say which party they belonged to since you know from the last Parliament—came in. They would routinely come in for some meetings and all of the regular members would leave. That precedent was set, and they were always allowed to speak at committee. There was never an objection of this sort raised, namely, that they were not allowed to be on a list and not allowed to speak.
Yes, Mrs. Vecchio.