Procedure and House Affairs committee  In terms of any stranger on the floor, are we thinking more specifically of a child—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Because there is a big distinction between creating a disturbance.... There is a reason the rule exists. The Australian House of Representatives has recently amended their definition of what constitutes a “visitor” to exclude infants being cared for by a member, because that happ

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that the use in either jurisdiction of their parallel chamber is different. In the case of Westminster Hall, the items that can be referred to Westminster Hall are very scripted in terms of who can send an item to the chamber each day. Mondays are taken up by a new crea

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, it's just to give due credit to the Australian chamber, because I made it sound like they didn't.... Westminster Hall is modelled after the Federation Chamber. They are the innovators of this.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In the Canadian context, a committee of the whole can vote. It would be somewhat different, because a committee of the whole would resolve into that in the main chamber. Technically, a committee of the whole can call witnesses. I'm not sure about the ability of these different ch

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For the Federation Chamber, what I found was that it is a debating chamber established to provide a parallel forum to the chamber for debate on a restricted range of business. It was clearer when I looked into Westminster Hall that it was to provide a greater opportunity for deba

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For Westminster Hall, it says that the purpose of Westminster Hall debates is to provide an additional forum for debate, essentially to make more parliamentary time available in the week without extending sitting hours.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I do not think that's the case. I think it is the total.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it is per session. That reference might be true for senators who under the Constitution need to attend—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There are others. The deductions are written in the report. There are the deductions for senators. There are the deductions for members of Parliament, set out in the Parliament of Canada Act. The child care facilities for—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's set out in the Parliament of Canada Act, so there isn't a lot of flexibility. It does not include that in the clauses in the Parliament of Canada Act.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. For child care facilities for the House, I gather there is no institutional policy for the provision of child care or its expenses for members and their children. Parliament nonetheless has an on-site day care, Children On The Hill. It has spaces for about 34 children ages

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I do not, although in a discussion with Mr. Graham prior to the meeting, he mentioned that it ends at five.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can come back with an answer to that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sorry, my understanding of that facility is that it is not a drop-off for a day type of thing. There are spots and then you would...I'm not sure for how long you would get a spot, but I could come back—