If we take this action, I wonder if it needs to be done through a motion of the committee and voted on. Is there a procedural point that we need to follow more closely there, so you can just declare the request and go ahead?
It's not clear to me, after Mr. Karygiannis's recent intervention, why we would proceed this way when it hasn't been our practice in my time on this committee. At the moment I don't have any reason to doubt that the witnesses who are prepared to speak to us today are going to do anything other than answer our questions to the best of their ability. I am not convinced that this action is necessary.
I'm not prepared to take this action on the basis of the testimony of the minister or the deputy minister. They are not the individuals who are here. I'm not prepared to take that step on the basis of some perceived problem with testimony that might have been heard earlier. So at this point I remain to be convinced, but I don't support moving this way.