Then we'll have something to discuss. In the rounds of questioning, the witnesses from one organization shall be allowed ten minutes to make an opening statement. During the questioning of the witnesses, there shall be allocated seven minutes for the first round of questioning and thereafter five minutes shall be allocated to each questioner in the second and subsequent rounds of questioning.
We always get into the question of what constitutes one round, with at least each party having one.... So if we went with the NDP, the Conservatives, the Liberals, and the Conservatives, that would constitute the first round of four, and everybody would have seven minutes. We would start with the official opposition, then go to the Conservatives, then to the Liberal Party, and then back to the Conservatives. That would constitute the first seven-minute round. That is kind of what I was thinking. Then everything else after that would be five minutes.
We can talk about the speaking order as a separate motion, but this is the spirit of what I'm recommending.