Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In committee of the whole, we had dealt with the issue of deferring this bill. That motion was defeated. Then we proceeded to go clause by clause.
Mr. Speaker, there seems to be some urgency in getting this bill dealt with expeditiously. From my seat, as you know, from the design of this chamber, Mr. Speaker, there is someone between myself and Mr. Patterson. He had asked to be recognized. He had his hand in the air. Because he is behind me and not in front of me, I didn't recognize him, although it was pointed out to me by the table officers that he wanted to be recognized. I had to make a judgement then about the issue of Members' rights in this chamber. Sometimes the rights of the people who sit on the ends are not recognized. For that reason, when it was pointed out to me, although we may have passed clause 3, I decided that Mr. Patterson's request to deal with several of these clauses and defer them one at a time seemed to be just and reasonable. I did point out to him that he would have to deal with them one at a time and not in a bunch, the way he proposed.
On that basis, I decided to allow him to do what he wanted to do and was challenged by Mr. Nerysoo, who pointed out to me that we had passed clause 3 and, therefore, the Member had lost his right to be recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.