Madam Speaker, the Special Joint Committee on a Code of Conduct has not been able to complete the work that was expected of it by the end of this month. Accordingly, there have been discussions and I believe you would find consent for the following motion:
That, in relation to the order of references adopted by the Senate on March 21, and by the House of Commons on March 12, 1996, the House extends the reporting date of the Special Joint Committee on a Code of Conduct to Friday, November 29, 1996, and that a message be sent to the Senate requesting that House to unite with this House for this purpose.
Madam Speaker, I should say that in this respect the committee is in the course of preparing a draft of its report. I fully anticipate that a rough draft of its report will be available for distribution to members of the committee before the end of August so that in autumn caucus meetings the matter may be discussed further. We then anticipate meeting, completing the work and tabling a report in the House in due course and before November 29.
(Motion agreed to.)