Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. There was some confusion this morning with some as to the interpretation of the special order made earlier this day for the purpose of debate.
I want to clarify that for the benefit of all hon. members by moving the following. There has been consultation among the parties and I think the House would find that this clarifies the situation:
That the special order made earlier this day shall be interpreted as permitting each member to speak separately on each group of amendments as grouped for consideration at report stage of Bill C-27.
In other words, the effect of this would be that once we finish considering a particular group, we could start another group and then a member who has spoken on a previous group could therefore speak again.
That clarification seemed to meet the consent of everyone. Actually most of us had interpreted it as saying that already. Perhaps it was not properly worded to do that.