What would the implications be in terms of fostering active debate in the Assembly as a whole? I think there's a kernel of a good idea here, but I would be worried that we end up balkanizing the Assembly. I can see an environment forming, whether it's statutory process or not, where the Assembly "isn't allowed" to move forward with a committee having input or approving of some motion. (And that may be the intention.) But instead of that leading to a more robust culture of debate and questioning, it just reinforces the current situation where 98% of the Assembly are backbenchers who are only here to cast a vote.

How can we prevent that?