Thanks very much, Mr. Chair. Thanks very much, Mr. Walsh, for being here this morning.
I just want to go back to one thing. We're talking about ministerial responsibility and the government's belief that there certainly needs to be ministerial responsibility. In Accountable Government: A Guide for Ministers and Ministers of State, on page 37 it states that “Ministers and Ministers of State are personally responsible for the conduct and operation of their offices.”
To my mind, at least, that certainly says there is ministerial responsibility. I feel that ministers are responsible for their departments, and they are responsible to Parliament. I feel it should be the ministers who are here speaking for their departments.
Could you comment on that, please?