I call this meeting to order. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us for our Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, meeting number 73.
We have half an hour until the bell. So hopefully we can move forward.
There are a couple of things to deal with, from an operational perspective. I heard from some of my colleagues on the committee that they wish that, if other members of Parliament are here to talk to a private member's bill, they are able to participate in the debate. Also they wish, if the members in question are not members of a recognized party in the House and have not been subbed in as that, that the committee have the right to vote on whether those individuals be able to sit at the table and ask questions of the officials as we're going through clause-by-clause. I said that would be fine.
Yes.