Mr. Chair, there would only be two reasons for Mr. Bezan to want to exclude the parliamentary secretary. One is that it somehow infringes on the time allocation, and the other is that he doesn't want to hear his view.
With respect to interference with the committee's work, I don't believe that having the parliamentary secretary, who has experience in the sector, ask a question would constitute interference with the committee.
In terms of time allocation, it's quite clear, in fact, Mr. Chair, you've been extremely generous in the third round. Usually you've given everybody five minutes. If anything, the opposition has gained time allocation in this committee setting. There's no peril at all to somebody not getting in their fair share of time, so I don't see the rationale for excluding prima facie the parliamentary secretary in his capacity as somebody who knows about defence issues.