Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Next week.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  After the bill has been read a first time, it is placed at the bottom of the order of precedence. Every sitting day it moves up one spot in the order of precedence. We needed to consider the votability of this bill before it reached the top of the order of precedence so that the

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The replenishment is next week, and then there's a break week. Members with multiple items will have until Monday after we come back to confirm their items. We are likely not to have a complete list of the new items before that Monday. Then you will receive the packages with all

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  That would be a precedent, certainly. Since the current rules have been in place, we haven't had any witnesses before the subcommittee. The idea is that if we designate something as non-votable, the sponsor of the item could appear before the procedure and House affairs committee

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Possibly: it has to be within five sitting days.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Mr. Reid?

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Mr. Toone? Mr. Dion?

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  All those in favour of the motion, please indicate such.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  It's to designate it as non-votable. (Motion agreed to: yeas 2; nays 1)

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The Standing Orders are not very clear on that. They say that the sponsor of the bill or the motion may defend his or her bill or motion to the procedure and House affairs committee within five sitting days after the current meeting. So if at least the first meeting would be with

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Well, technically, the appeal would be after the procedure and House affairs committee would have agreed on a report from the subcommittee designating the bill as non-votable. Then the appeal process would start. So when the sponsor appears before the procedure and House affairs

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Yes, that is clear. To the question of whether we can have multiple meetings in the procedure and House affairs committee, I think so, provided that the first meeting is within the first five sitting days.