Well, the gap that troubled me was when I don't proceed with an investigation. Somebody has rushed out to the press and said, “Okay, I've just filed a complaint against somebody with the Information Commissioner against this foul deed that somebody else did”, and I get the request, and maybe there are no reasonable grounds at all given to me. I can never say anything. When I don't proceed with an investigation, I can never say there were no reasonable grounds. I can never say it wasn't within my mandate.
Those are simple statements that could be given to counter the implication that somebody was a real bad guy but that I didn't do anything about it. It's a very small hole, but I think it's one hole that needs a little bit more room for me to be able to say something to counter—and I always couch it with it has to be in the public domain. In other words, I wouldn't rush out to say something if it wasn't in the public domain. It's to counter false statements or misleading statements that are being made. And of course I would use my discretion as to whether to do this. It would just be when I thought it was necessary.
It's a small piece, but I can make a report when I've proceeded with an investigation, I can make a report when I discontinue an investigation, but I can't make any kind of comment publicly when I don't proceed with an investigation, and sometimes it would be helpful to be able to make that comment.