Procedure and House Affairs committee  The vote is on the subamendment. (Subamendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4)

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We will have a recorded vote. Shall the bill, as amended, carry?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Correct. That was an order of reference from the House.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, the committee is free.... Well, the question of membership does not belong to the committee, but participation is something the committee could accommodate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Standing Orders allow for members of non-recognized parties or independent members to attend all public meetings of the committee. It is up to the committee to decide whether or not they are allowed to participate. If the committee wanted to, they could adopt a motion to assi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's certainly feasible. The other possibility could be to have all the witnesses stay until 1:00 or 1:15 and have one large panel with all the witnesses.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As it is right now, I have spoken to Mr. Wells and Mr. Raynauld, and they are both available to stay later through the second panel.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have two of them down there. Do you want to introduce the others?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Professor Marland, it appears we have a fire alarm going off here, as though things couldn't get any worse. We'll have to suspend and we'll come back.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  So I'll write to them all?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Pursuant to Standing Order 106(2), the first vice-chair must be a member of the official opposition. I'm now prepared to receive motions for the first vice-chair. Mr. Nater.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's been moved by Mr. Nater that Mr. Richards be elected as first vice-chair of the committee. Are there any further motions? No. Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I declare the motion carried and Mr. Richards duly elected first vice-chair of the committee.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll try to give you an overview of the sexual harassment regime that exists right now on the Hill, focusing on the House of Commons. First of all, there is the Code of Conduct for Members of the House of Commons: Sexual Harassment, which is appended to the Standing Orders and a