The Chair's position is that these kinds of motions have been moved before. I am sure there are dozens of precedents where they were moved on days after the unanimous consent for a number of concurrence motions were put before.
Concurrence in reports of the procedure and House affairs committee are common on unanimous consent, particularly those that deal with membership in committees. If one of those motions passed and then a member stood up to move concurrence in another report that was the subject of debate, it was argued as being out of order because the previous motion had been dealt with, I think we would have been in some difficulty.
I cannot go through the number of times this has happened because I do not have it at my fingertips, but I am sure it is a frequent occurrence.
I would suggest that we proceed with the debate at this moment, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons should raise this matter with the procedure and House affairs committee. I love its reports. The hon. member knows of my interest in its work. I once was the chairman of that committee and had a wonderful time dealing with suggested rule changes in the House.
Of course, the Speaker is the servant of the House and abides by the rules meticulously. I would be delighted if my interpretation of these is incorrect in the eyes of the committee and it wants to clarify the matter for future debate in the chamber.
In the circumstances, we will proceed and hear the hon. member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek make his remarks.