Mr. Speaker, I appreciate what you are asking. It is important, considering what the Minister of National Defence just stated. He said he felt he was in here because he came in while points of order were going on. However, what you need to clarify, Mr. Speaker, is that the question had begun, which is the time when we would expect that the minister should have been in the chamber.
You need to clarify, Mr. Speaker, that your reading of the question began just moments prior to the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader rising and saying he could not hear you. That is the time period, those seconds.
That is the beginning of the question. If members were not in the House at that point, they need to rise. It is not whether they were present while points of order were going on. It is important that you clarify that, and then you can continue as you did.