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Meeting Minutes

Monday, April 22, 2013

A meeting of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons was held on Monday, April 22, 2013 at 11:15 a.m., in Room 112-N, Centre Block.

In the Chair: The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons

Present: The Honourables Peter Van Loan, Gordon O'Connor and Rob Merrifield; Mr. Nathan Cullen; Mrs. Nycole Turmel and Ms. Judy Foote

Secretary to the Board: Audrey O'Brien, Clerk of the House of Commons

Also Present: Mark Watters, Chief Financial Officer; Richard Denis, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; Stéphan Aubé, Chief Information Officer; Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms; and Suzanne Verville, Secretariat

Tabling of Minutes

The minutes of the meeting of March 4, 2013 were approved for tabling .

Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes of the meeting of March 25, 2013 were adopted.

Legal Matter

The Board discussed a matter regarding the payment of legal fees of Members in a complaint.

Members' Allowances and Services

Request for exception

The Board approved a request for exception to allow a Member to travel business class when travelling for a period over 2 hours and using the special points.

Purchase of E-Books

The Board approved that the purchase of an e-book digital content be an allowable expense against the Member's Office Budget under the same conditions as for a traditional book and provided the e-book relates to the Member's parliamentary functions .

Travel Points System

The Board discussed the methodology for calculating the use of travel points, and agreed to discuss it further at its next meeting.

Mailing Privileges

The Board discussed mailing privileges and the rules regarding large-volume mailings. The Board requested further information and agreed to discuss it again at its next meeting.

Security

The Board took note of a document regarding a security matter.

The meeting was adjourned.

Audrey O'Brien
Secretary to the Board