(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was the originator of this motion, and I am speaking to this motion. I am not saying that I do not like the way the other Members were asking the Ministers. In fact, I am supporting their questioning. However, I do realize sometimes that if one Member is questioning a person another Member raises the
same question and the same Minister has to answer the same question over and over. We have been in here for two years now and everyday we meet in this House and have the opportunity to raise questions during question period. So I feel that sometimes we are duplicating some questions. We still have two years left to question the Ministers within this house. I thought I had the understanding that within two days we would be finished with this Mid-Term Review.
We have been meeting all day and then we meet right into the night. How many days have we been meeting here as the whole? If we can add up the hours that we were questioning yesterday and today, how many hours have we been here altogether now? We should be having hours from 9:00 to 5:00 and sometimes we have meetings from 1:30 to 6:00. I feel that we should be following the time that we have been allotted to deal with these issues. That is the reason I wanted to make a motion in this regard. I know that this motion might be defeated, however, I will not be feeling sorry for myself if this motion is defeated. I just wanted to say this for myself. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (Translation ends)