Thank you for your questions.
Regarding preparation, at the moment, freelancers assigned to Parliament get their assignments, as the previous witnesses said, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. the day before. So there is a certain amount of time for the preparation they have to do.
In addition, regarding expertise relating to committees, our employees work with the freelancers to help them and enable them to catch up when they are assigned to those committees. These are people who are involved in our parliamentary work. They actually do have some general information.
Regarding preparation time, I would say that everyone includes it in the rate they bid. That is how it is accounted for at the moment. For parliamentary work, we do not have a figure for preparation time.
Let's look at an example in another area.
If we are covering conference x or y, in some very specific cases, such as the G7 summit, for example, we gave interpreters a preparation day. They had consultations, documents to read, and so on. It was paid, but it was a requirement, because we didn't know what the participants would be talking about.
So for conferences, it varies. Sometimes, we can anticipate it well in advance.