House of Commons Committees - PROC (39-1) - Minutes of Proceedings

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs met in camera at 11:04 a.m. this day, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, the Chair, Gary Goodyear, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Yvon Godin, Gary Goodyear, Michel Guimond, Hon. Jay Hill, Tom Lukiwski, Hon. Stephen Owen, Pauline Picard, Joe Preston, Marcel Proulx, Hon. Karen Redman, Scott Reid and Hon. Lucienne Robillard.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Michel Bédard, Analyst ; James Robertson, Principal.

The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(a)(iii), the Committee resumed its review of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons regarding decorum in the House.

The Committee resumed consideration of a draft report.

It was agreed, — That the draft report be adopted.

It was agreed, — That the Committee append to its report a supplementary opinion of the New Democratic Party provided that it is no more than 1 page in length and submitted electronically, in both official languages, to the Clerk of the Committee, no later than 4:00 p.m., on Wednesday, February 28, 2007.

It was agreed, — That the Chair, Clerk and Analyst be authorized to make such grammatical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

It was agreed, — That the Chair present the report to the House, including the dissenting opinion which will be appended to the report.

At 11:40 a.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Lucile McGregor
Clerk of the Committee

2007/02/28 1:36 p.m.