Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's a numbering convention that has been proposed for your consideration. If you want to keep to the consecutive numbering pattern, that, again, is a decision you can take.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can't answer that with any sort of certainty, but I would doubt it, and I wouldn't try.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  O'Brien and Bosc.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, it depends. If this committee and the House decide to accept the proposal that is before you, it might lead to a rush to review for a new edition. We could do what the Australians do, which is basically update the book every six months online and publish it every two year

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly in keeping the book up to date, it would be very helpful. The House of Representatives Practice manual is now in its seventh edition, and it came out originally about 20 years ago. Odgers', which is for the Senate of the Australian Commonwealth Parliament, is in its 1

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You will not find it in the text of the chapter, yet it seems to me that it is something of importance for you as a member, and it's been in footnote 41 for all three editions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's based on an understanding that is observed, but it has not been part of our actual practices; it has not been formalized, but the House leaders have made an agreement that this is how it would happen, and it has been observed faithfully since. In terms of trying to inform

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would have to do a calculation to find out. I am sure there are several people who have been involved. We began perhaps a year ago last January to undertake this project.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The seconded officer is in charge of the project, at my request.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There have been several senior procedural clerks in the table research branch. Then, as I mentioned earlier, there are several jurilinguists who are involved in the Law Clerk's branch.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The annotated Standing Orders went through a second edition a few years ago, but the purpose wouldn't have changed the text of the Standing Orders, and that really was the driver of the project. The annotated Standing Orders would have perhaps simply given you a more up-to-date a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We can provide you with a comparative table. If you decide to accept these Standing Orders, we can provide you with a concordance that would allow you to track back to the Standing Orders that were previously numbered in a different way. That was done in the House and the Senate

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's 14 years.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.