The hon. member knows that he was here and of course I was not. He knows the chairman of the committee of the whole House made a ruling and the ruling was that the question should not be put because he was of the view that the standing orders, as I have indicated, required that the motion be debated and that a motion to curtail debate in the committee of the whole was not admissible.
The ruling, as I understand it, was appealed to the Chair, and I have now given a ruling indicating why I think the chairman of the committee of the whole House was correct.
That is the end of the matter because there is no appeal for my decision, sadly, but that is the fact, and so I know the hon. member must agree with me.