I still have a problem with the parallel system you're describing. If the minister--and you were a minister too--is on top of his portfolio and knows about it, he should be able to defend himself in the House and the House cards can be prepared. To divert all this into the latest access request seems to me to be a colossal waste of taxpayers' money. It's a system of risk management, it's not a system of good governance and answering questions in the House of Commons.
On October 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.