Senator Plett: Your Honour, we are certainly happy to take the government’s word. If we can have this clarified before the motion is dealt with tomorrow, I for one would be willing to give leave, as long as we’re on the record as needing that. Thank you.

Senator Gold: Thank you for the question. I think you’re correct, Senator Plett. I don’t recall reading that either.

This was the text of the hybrid motion that was circulated by my office a few days ago. We didn’t pick it up, and nobody did in response. There is no intention on the part of the government to not accede to a dinner break if that’s the will of the chamber.

I’m not sure how to proceed procedurally, but rest assured that, from our perspective, it was never the intention to speak to that issue. It’s clearly something that none of us caught when the motion was circulated in advance.

Hon. Donald Neil Plett (Leader of the Opposition): Thank you for that last clause. I was waiting for the sunset clause part of it, and it arrived in the last line.

The other question I have is that I believe in previous hybrid sittings, if we started at 2:00 and adjourned at 9:00, it was in the Rules that we have a supper break at six o’clock, as opposed to your asking the question. If I’m mistaken, then I’m fine with that, but I did not see the supper break mentioned anywhere in reference to the sittings on Tuesday and Thursday where we sit from 2:00 until 9:00.

The Hon. the Speaker: Senator Gold, before Senator Plett asks his other question, would you be kind enough to repeat point 12?