Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I have said, this was a Cabinet decision and every Cabinet decision designates a Minister that is given responsibility for initiating action to implement that particular decision. I accept my responsibility to ensure that Ministers carry out their duties and to see that Cabinet direction is followed. It is something that I take seriously, as Members know, and it is my prerogative I think to follow up the best way I can. In this case, I elected to wait for Cabinet to meet.

We had a very thorough discussion about it, and following that I waited a couple of days just to ensure that the decision that was made in August was clear by the staff, that the staff shared the view of Cabinet that the decision was clear. I also wanted to know from the legal advisors, the Department of Justice, if in their view the Cabinet decision of August 6th was clear. They came back to me early last week and once I received them, I had a meeting with Mr. Handley and we agreed on a course of action. Thank you.