Mr. Speaker, I would simply like to find out from you what criteria guided you in your decision to allow a question to be put to a minister.
Prior to this week, we put a question to the Minister for International Trade on the Department of Human Resources Development issue, a question the Chair denied us.
Today a question was put to the Minister of Human Resources Development and was answered by the Minister for Veterans Affairs. Is there some reason why one minister can answer in a matter belonging to another and another minister cannot?