Habituellement, on tenait un vote pour que le comité accepte qu'il en soit ainsi, mais c'était chose permise; cela n'arrive pas tellement souvent, mais lorsque cela se produisait, c'était habituellement avec le consentement quasi unanime de tous les députés, y compris les ministériels.
It meant there usually was a vote of the committee to say yes, they would allow it, but it was something that was permitted. It didn't happen all that often, but the reason it really did happen was there was usually virtually unanimous consent of all of the members, including government members.