Thank you.
It is relevant, Mr. Speaker, and I'll tell you why. We did have a situation then where there was a great deal of cooperation with members on both sides of the House in dealing with legislation.
But this motion before us now is actually quite extraordinary. When we're dealing with a committee, the need for an extension results basically from the fact that time is running out in terms of the committee being able to deal with amendments to legislation. It's part of the standing orders. So we're asking for an extraordinary measure to be taken. We're seeking to ask the House to do something that goes above and beyond the standard way in which committees deal with things. There has to be an extraordinary reason to do that. We're going outside of what would be expected.
The rationale to do that in this circumstance would result in setting up legislation that hasn't gone through the normal process of the House. Perhaps I can ask the clerk for clarification on that, with your permission, sir.
If we have a situation where new amendments are brought to the committee that involve principles that were not a part of the original bill that went through second reading, am I right in saying there will have been no second reading debate on those principles, or if it's a ministerial or government bill, it wouldn't have gone through the normal procedures of the House, where instead of just having a two-hour debate on second reading, there would be ample room for a full second reading debate?
Is that one of the consequences?