Madam Chair, I have a rather delicate matter to raise with you. As you can see, I am the only person so far who has been asking the witnesses questions in French. During my speaking time, I calculated that there was a lag of one minute and 25 seconds for the interpretation. I am participating in the meeting remotely. From the time when I ask my question and the time when the question is translated by the interpreters, there is sometimes a lag of 20 to 25 seconds. You can check. Essentially 20% of my speaking time is being taken up by interpretation lags.
I understand and we are happy to have interpreters. Sometimes the witness waits for the interpretation and then answers me in French. However, I find it unfair that I am losing 20% of my speaking time to the interpretation lag because I am speaking French. The witnesses all need to hear the English interpretation to understand what I am saying. It seems to me that the lag is longer than usual.