Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under the government's motion, this Assembly has the power to request advice on any matter and to specify to whom and the manner in which the advice is to be provided. There is no express provision within the proposed section which would mandate that the council respond to the Legislature, although I, quite frankly, would find it difficult to believe that a council would not respond to this Assembly.
The government's motion says that this body has the power to request advice and when it requests advice, it will specify how it wants to receive that advice. There is no corollary saying "the council shall respond" contained within the motion, although as I indicated, that is a practical matter. The Minister may want to address that issue.