Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It just occurs to me that the nature of in camera meetings in terms of the transcript really is the domain of the committee for that particular session.
Keep in mind the kind of work that's done in camera. These are usually discussions around formulating a work plan, committee business, and the development of recommendations. I mean, you're putting a report together and there's a lot of discussion. Points are raised about how we formulate and ultimately come to a conclusion and agreement on what recommendations will be included in a report. But really, the permanent record is the report itself and the debates that led up to it, and I think that's the key record that needs to be preserved.
It seems to me that the in camera portion, while it is relevant for the current session—and I myself have had occasion where I've had to go to the clerk's office, particularly when we're in the development stage of report recommendations and considering what should be in and not in a report—once that's done, the nature of that part of the debate of the committee, I would think, would have very little relevance for some point in the future.
As has been pointed out, there may be very rare circumstances where the points that are raised in committee might have to be referred to, but I just can't imagine a scenario, because of the nature of that kind of dialogue, of it being relevant to committee business that occurs in a subsequent session of Parliament.
I really think this is an effort to put the public record and the reports and the outcomes of the committee into the place it should be held, and that should be the permanent record of the committee's work, not all of the dialogue that flows into those recommendations.
That's the only point I would make.