Thank you, Mr. Chair. I totally support that increase there, and I just hope it's sufficient funding as I really see a need for some of these committees, particularly the social development committee, having to travel out to the communities of impact, some areas are more impacted than others, and I always find it more beneficial to sit face-to-face with the community leaders in their home setting and that'll give a better understanding of the various committees and the organizational structure of this Assembly and better understand how we function as a government to address the problems out in the communities. So that is more of a support notice for the increase to the committees. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll take that as a comment. I'm going to go to any other Members that want to have any questions. Seeing none, thank you. No further questions, please turn to page 14.

Legislative Assembly, Office of the Clerk, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $10,408,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Moving on to the Office of the Speaker, beginning on page 16 with information items on page 18. Are there any questions? Seeing no further questions, please turn to page 17.

Legislative Assembly, Office of the Speaker, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $552,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Moving on to the statutory offices, beginning on page 19 with information items on page 22 and 23. Are there any questions? No further questions, please turn to page -- oh sorry. I'll go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're moving so quickly I can barely even get my hand up.

Yeah, I wanted to ask about the Integrity Commissioner's office. When the Integrity Commissioner presented to the Standing Committee on Government Ops that they've kind of indicated again and again, over the years, that they simply don't have the capacity to be responding to the volume of requests that they were getting in in a timely manner. And, you know, as the Commissioner's annual report shows, the time in responding to average requests, it takes quite a long time.

I'm just wondering if there -- you know, I note that the office has actually been reduced since 2022-2023. I'd just like to hear from the Speaker's office or staff on the Integrity Commissioner and whether they feel that office could be increased?

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Speaker with the question.

Thank you. I'd like to turn it to the deputy clerk, please.

I'll go to the deputy clerk.

I'll go to the clerk. Mr. Clerk.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Frame Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And yeah, I appreciate the clarification. I was trying to move quickly here because we were flipping through the pages so fast. Information and Privacy Commissioner is what I'm looking at. I was looking at the wrong numbers. I do note that the budget has gone up since 2022-2023, but yeah, just wondering about the Information and Privacy Commissioner's office and whether they are getting the resources they need to respond to requests in a timely manner.

Thank you. I'll go to the Speaker.

Thank you, deputy clerk. I'm going to go to the Member from Frame Lake.

That's it for me for questions on this page. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Any other Members that have questions? No further questions, please turn to page 20.

Legislative Assembly, statutory offices, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $4,221,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Members, please return now to the Legislative Assembly summary found on page 5, with information items on page 6 and 7. Are there any questions? Seeing none, no further questions, committee, I will now call the Legislative Assembly summary.

Legislative Assembly -- oh sorry, I didn't see your hand. I'm going to go back to the Member from the Deh Cho. Okay, thank you. Seeing no further questions, committee, I will now call the Legislative Assembly summary.

Legislative Assembly, operations expenditure, total department of 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $26,275,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from the Deh Cho.