Mr. Speaker, I would also like to congratulate you on your election.
There have been discussions among the parties and if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion:
That, notwithstanding any standing order or usual practice of the House, until the end of the current supply period ending June 23, 2025:
(a) Standing Orders 81(4) and 81(5) be replaced with the following:
“Main estimates and any supplementary estimates shall be deemed referred to a committee of the whole House immediately after they are presented in the House, provided that,
(i) a minister of the Crown, after consultation with the House leaders of the other parties, shall designate four days to consider these estimates in committee of the whole, at the ordinary hour of daily adjournment on each day for a period of time not exceeding four hours,
(ii) the said committee of the whole shall convene for the sole purpose of asking questions to the government in regard to the estimates,
(iii) during the time provided for the consideration of estimates in committee of the whole,
(A) no member shall be recognized for more than 15 minutes at a time and the member shall not speak in debate for more than 10 minutes during that period,
(B) the 15 minutes may be used exclusively both for debate and for posing questions to a minister of the Crown or a parliamentary secretary acting on behalf of the minister,
(C) when a member is recognized, he or she shall indicate how the 15 minutes is to be apportioned,
(D) members speaking during the debate may indicate to the Chair that they will be dividing their time with one or more other members;
(E) no quorum calls, dilatory motions or requests for unanimous consent shall be received by the Chair,
(iv) at the conclusion of the time provided for the debate, or when no member wishes to speak, whichever comes first,
(A) on the fourth designated day, but in any case, not later than two sitting days before the last allotted day in the current period, the estimates shall be deemed reported back the same to the House,
(B) on the four designated days, the committee shall rise, the debate pursuant to Standing Order 38 shall not take place, and the House shall immediately adjourn to the next sitting day, and;
(b) Standing Order 81(14)(a) be amended by replacing the words “Twenty-four hours' written notice shall be given of a notice to oppose any item in the estimates, provided that for the supply period ending not later than June 23, forty-eight hours' written notice shall be given of a notice to oppose any item in the estimates” with the words “Twenty-four hours' written notice shall be given of a notice to oppose any item in these estimates for the supply period ending not later than June 23.”