Under the rules and procedures, I have five minutes to ask questions and have them answered. I was in the process of speaking. You had not told me my time was up. The minister interrupted me, began speaking over me. Rather than call the minister to order to allow me to continue, you allowed him to continue speaking and then claimed, as a second justification, that my time was up.
I think that is clearly a violation of the rules. Had my time been up when I had been speaking, you could have told me so and allowed the minister to answer. You did not do that. You allowed the minister to interrupt me as I was speaking. I was polite with the minister—I asked my questions, made my statements, and I allowed the minister to speak. I did not interrupt him once. When the minister had finished speaking, I began to respond and tried to ask a question. He interrupted me, and you allowed him to do so.
I am very disappointed in this. Just as it is impolite for members to interrupt a witness who is speaking, so it is impolite for a witness, even if it's a minister, to interrupt a member of this committee who is within her time and who is asking a question or making a statement.