I think that's a sensible alternative. I must say—and I haven't looked at this recently—that when the estimates were first referred to committees many years ago, I kept track of what was happening there. Members tended to find it one of the more frustrating things they did. I'm not sure if that's changed or not. I think you people could answer that far better than I. But you wind up with a bunch of people asking questions, getting answers, and not being able to do anything with them. You can't write a report and you can't change the figure in front of you, so you go on to something you think is more useful.
On March 26th, 2012. See this statement in context.