I call the meeting to order.
Before we hear from our witnesses, we have received from members the names of witnesses who want to appear during our scheduled road trip next week. In some cases there are numerous witnesses on the list, and I want to make sure we're all on the same wavelength here.
Our meetings are set for three hours. One choice is to have three one-hour sessions with three sets of witnesses, where the witnesses would present for 10 minutes and we would have a 45-minute round of questions, give or take. We would have a few minutes to play with in one hour. The other choice is to have two 90-minute sessions, where witnesses would present for 20 minutes and then we'd go to the question and answer period.
Is everybody clear on that? In some cases we have numerous witnesses and we won't have the luxury of allowing every witness to make a presentation.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if we go with the one-hour session for a group, we'll have a 10-minute presentation from the witnesses. If we go with the 90-minute meeting for a group, we'll have a 20-minute presentation from the witnesses.
Mr. Byrne.