Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A couple of points. One, I think the Member should be aware that Cabinet did not reject any particular proposal. What we said very clearly in August was that further consultation and work on the single-rate zone should be deferred until after a draft energy strategy was completed and presented. So Cabinet itself does not speak in favour or against any particular proposal at this time. I think that is very important to point out, because in all of the discussions to date, I note that nobody has ever bothered to ask me what my position is on this person. It is just an important point to make, that Cabinet did not reject the idea of a single-rate zone. It said very clearly that it should stop consultation on it until an energy strategy is completed. That is an important point to make.

The advice, the direction that we gave, we thought it was clear in August. Our staff thought it was clear. Just to be doubly sure, we revisited the decision and made it explicitly clear. The direction was given. The staff looked at the August decision and legal people looked at it and said the direction was clear. Thank you.