To go to Mr. Obhrai's question regarding oaths, I'm not sure to which oath he's referring or how many oaths he may be subject to.
Your first job, obviously, is as a member of Parliament, and you can say, in a broad public sense, there shouldn't be oaths at play here that put you in conflict. Leaving that issue aside, about the propriety of taking such oaths where you're not a member of cabinet, even if what you were to say here in this committee, this parliamentary proceeding, or in the House in a debate were, in the minds of some, to constitute a breach of your oath, there could be nothing that could be done about it in terms of using what you said in the House or in the committee as evidence to take steps against you for having breached your oath.
You have to ask yourself, where is your greater duty? Is it to the people to whom you swore the oath or to the people you represent in your function as a member of Parliament? There's a conflict there, potentially, where you have sensitive information. We all know that members of cabinet do have sensitive information, but they're recognized as ministers of the crown and they have crown confidences, cabinet confidences, which they will not disclose in the House because they're expected not to. But if they did, there couldn't be any legal proceedings brought against them. The Prime Minister may not be very happy, but there couldn't be any proceedings brought against them.
All I'm trying to stress here is that you don't have to--and this gentleman who's invoked solicitor-client privilege regarding his duties as a lawyer. There can't be anything done about it if he were, in the minds of some, to breach his duties to the law society or whatever and divulge information that otherwise would be protected. What happens here is here for this committee and it stays here. It can't be used elsewhere. That's the nub of the principle here. It can't be used elsewhere. You have an immunity, if you like.
Now, in your own conscience, you may say, yes, but still it's a breach. I swore an oath; I decided to give this information and I've breached my oath. Well, that's a matter for you to deal with in terms of your own sense of moral obligation. You might ask yourself why you've taken that oath and whether that oath has put you in conflict with your parliamentary duty, but that's another question.