Order, please. We must understand, particularly as it concerns the demands on members of this House, that members as well as ministers and parliamentary secretaries have many duties to perform and that their availability is limited by the many committees and meetings they have to attend.
But I still think that the parliamentary secretary knows the Standing Orders very well and that he has become proficient since he first arrived here on the hill. So I would ask him to respect the Standing Orders and refrain from mentioning the presence or absence of any member on either side of the House.