Thank you very much.
Mr. Chair, I'm opposed to the motion. In the aftermath of question period, there is a bottleneck at the bus station for those people who take the bus. I personally walk, but in any event, the reality of the nature of our work is such that we often get information throughout the day relating to committee proceedings, information on which we cannot confer with our colleagues prior to this meeting unless we have an extra 15 minutes between the end of question period and the commencement of this session.
When most people get out of question period, depending on the day, at around 3:10 p.m., the possibility of having a meeting prior to the beginning of this committee before 3:30 p.m. is limited on the best of days. I think it's reasonable to have half an hour between the time people leave the House of Commons from question period and the beginning of the session here. That's consistent with how we've done it before. In the previous time slot we had, we arranged to have the meeting acknowledge the travel time between this room and the House of Commons. I think it's fair to continue doing that.
I might also add that I don't see the problem with 3:45 p.m. I haven't found that any of our meetings have been short of time, and if ever they were, I'm sure colleagues would work together to accommodate demands for additional time on a given subject.