Good morning. I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 26 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
The committee is meeting today, in the first hour, to continue its work on the operational security of the parliamentary precinct along Wellington Street and Spark Street. In the second hour, the committee will move to clause-by-clause on Bill C-14.
Before we proceed, I would like to propose to committee members a way forward for today, considering that there are votes in the House of Commons this morning.
I would like to propose that during the half-hour bells, which should start in about 15 minutes, we spend 20 to 25 minutes continuing with the witnesses, so that we don't have to call them back. That would also provide you with 5 to 10 minutes to get to the House to be there for the question to be called and to vote.
As for the current rules, after the vote, you would have up to 10 minutes to come back to committee. That would probably bring us to about 12:05, if everything is on time, as I hope it will be. We could then proceed with clause-by-clause, as we had anticipated.
That is the proposal I would like to put forward.
Is there anyone concerned with this proposal?