Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Scott, the composition of the board can change over time. At one time, there were five recognized parties in the House. The board composition is determined by law. Richard can comment on those provisions, but we can't really comment on what might or might not be. What is, i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's in part 1 of the general provisions, section 4.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It certainly sounds like it might be, but again as I said to Mr. Lamoureux earlier, dealing with these kinds of issues in a hypothetical sense is always a little delicate. We always like to see exactly what we're talking about and do a proper analysis.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Butt, I'll answer in a general way, and then Richard can be more specific. In the bylaws, in part 1 of the general provisions, subsection 4(4) says—and this is the bylaw that has reference to the use of House of Commons resources—“Members shall ensure that the requirements s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They obviously would have to respect their oath, but, at the same time, they are members of Parliament so they could be invited, but they couldn't be compelled.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As we've said before, Mr. Lamoureux, this is the kind of request that would go to the board, and the board would have to consider it and decide whether or not it approved it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would be up to the board.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It depends on the context.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Lamoureux, we're sort of uncomfortable answering hypothetical types of questions of that sort, because we don't have the context within the overall picture. Normally if there were a concern about a particular piece of communication, we would have it, look at it, assess it as

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is the kind of decision that the board would be called on to make, Mr. Scott.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a hypothetical question, and I don't think we're at liberty, really, to go there at this time.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We can try to get whatever information the committee is looking for in terms of printing statistics. We could do that in any number of ways, administratively or any way the committee wishes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For fear of making a mistake with regard to our oath, could you repeat the question so we grasp it properly?