It was agreed, — That, pursuant to Standing Orders 108(1)(a) and 108(2), the Standing Committee on National Defence, meet jointly on January 29, 2015, in a televised meeting, with the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development to hear the Minister of National Defence and Minister of Foreign Affairs in relation to Canada's engagement in Iraq;
That, during the joint meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence and the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, the ministers be each given ten (10) minutes to make an opening statement;
That, the Minister of National Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs appear in the order aforementioned;
That, during the questioning of witnesses, there shall be allocated seven (7) minutes for the first round of questioning and thereafter five (5) minutes shall be allocated to each questioner in the second round and subsequent rounds of questioning;
That the order of questions for the first round of questioning shall be as follows: Conservative, NDP, Conservative, Liberal;
That questioning during the second round shall alternate between the Government members and Opposition members in the following fashion: Conservative, NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, based on the principle that each committee member should have a full opportunity to question the witnesses; and
That, if time permits, questioning during the third round shall alternate between the Government members and Opposition members in the following fashion: NDP, Conservative, Liberal; and that, if time permits, further rounds shall repeat the pattern of the first two at the discretion of the chair.