Mr. Speaker, perhaps I should suggest a compromise. If you are not allowing members to cite the detailed portion of the precedents they are making to you in their submissions, perhaps you will accept written submissions on all of these points.
On the secondary aspect, Mr. Speaker, suggesting that you do not have information in front of you about the potential intimidation of two members of this place, I am wondering if you might exercise your discretion to call those members before you in camera to hear from them specifically as to whether they were told not to be here to fulfill their parliamentary function in voting or if they have been subject now to any of these types of intimidation or discipline that would fetter their access to this chamber as members. The Speaker has the discretion to call those members and seek the evidence to make the determinations that several members of the opposition have asked you to make.
These are my modest proposals to you, Mr. Speaker. At the end of the day, this entire all-night voting session goes back to the audi alteram partem concept. As Dalhousie law graduates both, we know that. It is about hearing the other side.
Mr. Speaker, I think you need to hear from both of those hon. members who have not been with us all night and who media reports suggest have had their access to this chamber fettered by intimidation. That is a serious charge, and it warrants extraordinary inquiry by you, Mr. Speaker, as Chair.