Sitting half an hour early and rising at the fixed time of four o'clock was adopted, essentially, to ensure that committees would have some certainty in the planning of their work on Wednesday afternoons, and it has worked well; it has worked really very well.
Nous avons décidé d'ouvrir la séance une demi-heure plus tôt et de terminer à 16 heures, essentiellement pour que les comités planifient leurs travaux du mercredi après-midi avec davantage de certitude.