Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I do not believe I said I was afraid to get involved. I said that I was sensitive to the issues and to what happened to the departments in the 13th Assembly. In response to whether or not there is a need for Ministers and for Ministers to get involved politically, I believe, Mr. Chairman, that we have, as a government, established policies whereby our managers manage and our deputy ministers make decisions based on those policies.
Now, there was no reason at this point in time, according to the circumstances given to me, for me to interfere. There were policies written. We have to abide by those policies, otherwise we are asked why we did not abide by them, and we have to question why we have them if we are not going to abide by them.
So I believe that the department was following the business guidelines. They were following the policies and simply made a decision based on those policies. There was no requirement for me to get involved as the Minister. Nobody asked for my involvement. That is my response to the Member, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.