Minister, on balanced budget legislation, the balanced budget law says that it applies to this fiscal year. Under the law, when there are deficits because of a recession, ministerial pay is frozen until a balanced budget is recorded in the public accounts.
Since 2008 there have been only deficits. You have yet to post a surplus in the public accounts. Will the Prime Minister and the ministers pay back the salary increase they've been receiving since April 1 of this year in respect of this new balanced budget legislation?