I thank the hon. member for Yorkton—Melville for his assistance, and it was exactly the customs and practices of the House that I explained a moment ago with which I trust the hon. member for Elk Island will comply.
I have never seen a motion in the House that listed members of the House who were not members of a committee. In my view that is not part of the custom of the House, and it only confirms my suspicion that the hon. member's list and this attempt is a delay tactic rather than an effort to put a motion to the House which the House can accept or reject on consent.
I have indicated our practice and our custom and that is to hear a brief motion from a member and then give consent or not. This motion is not that way. I have asked for the substance of it. The hon. member for Elk Island persists in reading a list and my patience is running out. It had better be short because I cannot have a list of all the members of the House read out once or twice as we go through those who are on and those who are off.
The normal practice is to name 15 members to a special committee. This list is apparently much, much longer. It appears to be in alphabetical order and I am not prepared to listen to a list of all the members of the House.
If the hon. member wants to refer to a committee of the whole, fine. I would like to hear the rest of the substance of the motion.