That is duly noted, Mr. Wallace.
I think I do speak for the whole committee when I say that when we invite ministers to come and defend their estimates for billions of dollars of spending, we expect them to attend our committees and to be there.
Today we're examining the main estimates for Health, and we appreciate the minister's presence, but we should note that they've already been deemed to be reported as is, without examination and without a single question being put to a single minister. Billions and billions of dollars' worth of spending has been approved by Parliament without being approved by anybody. So when I make the comment that when we invite a minister we expect him to attend, unless there are extraordinary circumstances, I do not back off from that statement.