Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't want to take up too much more time, but I want to reiterate two points that have been raised already. On the matter of naming individuals, we have a long history in parliamentary democracy of protecting people from criticism or, at least, a situation where

their character could be called into question. It's interesting, Mr. Speaker, I know that Members don't want me to mention this, but the simple fact is, this issue is not simply an issue of one particular letter. In fact, the honourable Member for Thebacha was the one who, in fact, indicated that there are rules in this House that should have been followed. The fact is, she was under the impression -- after a number of responses -- that there were no rules. So, in my view, she was indicating there was a need to have rules.

The one other comment I want to make, Mr. Speaker, is simply this. We also have to be very careful about how and what we say about charges to personal characters. It is very important that we are careful, as Members of this House who represent the general public, what we say and how we affect the character of those who do not have -- as Mr. Patterson and Mr. Dent indicated -- the ability to defend themselves. The unfortunate situation, Mr. Speaker, is that oft-times maybe we forget that our responsibility is to the public good; and in doing our job, we have to make certain statements and make significant decisions that affect the lives of people.

So, Mr. Speaker, I want to ask one other thing. Upon your judgement on this issue, it is my belief that, at some time, the Rules, Privileges and Procedures Committee should establish guidelines, not necessarily rules, but guidelines on how we deal with the tabling of documents in this House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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