Procedure and House Affairs committee  —out of the budgets that are consented to the leader of the official opposition, which, by the way, have been reduced—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —by the Conservatives by 8%—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —at the same time that the Prime Minister's budgets were being increased by 10%.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the answer to that question is in the document I submitted today before the meeting started, as you requested in the House yesterday.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You have the answer in the document I submitted, Mr. Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The answer is that it never cost taxpayers a cent to lease that office. It was entirely paid for by the party. Here I have—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the answer is obvious. It is in the lease that I submitted to you today. My colleague is well aware of the answer to his question. I am prepared to table all the cheques if that can be of help to him. Even if that is not necessary, I am inclined to submit all the chequ

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is exactly what we have said from the beginning.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We know the rules and we discussed the matter at every stage with the House of Commons people responsible for pay and benefits.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We were in constant contact with the legal service of the House of Commons. Everything was approved by those people and by us. That is why it took some time. According to all those people, we were obeying the rules. Every time an issue arose, it was resolved by discussion. To our

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I am the kind of person who checks. We have looked at the entire matter in detail on several occasions in the past few weeks. I am going to cite one of the most important rules. It is useful to refer to it in response to my colleague's question. I am going to do it in

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, of course I am.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I don't.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I do.