Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll go quickly.
As we heard at the last meeting, the travel period from January to March 2023 is coming to a close very soon. We have not received the House's approval to travel during this period, so the chair has instructed me to begin planning for the next travel period, which is April to June 2023.
I remind you that this process has four major steps. First, a preliminary proposal is submitted to the liaison subcommittee. If this is accepted, then a detailed budget is submitted to the liaison subcommittee. If this detailed budget is accepted, it's up to the House to adopt a motion to actually authorize our travel. Only once we receive this authorization from the House can the committee actually begin spending from the budget it adopts. That means booking flights, accommodations, etc.
As I mentioned by email recently, the committee is now at step two of this process for the April to June period. The subcommittee has accepted our preliminary proposal, and at the chair's instructions my logistics team and I have researched and put together a draft detailed budget for the proposed travel. This was distributed last week.
As indicated in the draft budget, we would be visiting the same sites as originally planned. The travelling group would still include seven MPs, two analysts, a clerk and the necessary interpretation staff. After considering several factors, Madam Chair instructed me to plan the travel for the break week in May, so that's Sunday, May 21 to Saturday, May 27. It's for those dates that this budget is made.
To proceed to the next step and continue the travel planning, the committee needs to adopt a budget before Friday this week, which is March 10. If members have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them, but I do know we have limited time.