Je suppose que ces applaudissements étaient en partie attribuables à ses talents incontestés d'orateur, mais qu'ils exprimaient aussi un appui direct à sa position selon laquelle, si je comprends bien, il n'est pas approprié pour le comité de formuler une recommandations au sujet de la fermeture de bases et tout aussi inacceptable d'avoir donné comme exemple, pour illustrer sa recommandation, celui d'une installation militaire en particulier.
I am going to assume that, while some applause was no doubt in respect of his unquestioned oratorical skills, some of it was also in direct support of his point which, as I understand it, was that it is inappropriate that the committee should have made a recommendation in respect of the closure of bases and inappropriate for the committee to have put any particular military installation forward as an example to illustrate its recommendation.