I want to talk to you about the timing of the process of approving the estimates and the presentation of the budget. It is an odd situation in that the supplementary estimates (C) come at practically the same time as the main estimates. Then that is followed by the budget, which has nothing to do with the main estimates we have just examined.
The American professor we spoke to earlier talked about two stages. The first is when we look at the strategy, the big picture, the overarching issues in the budget; the second is when we look at the expenses in detail, meaning the main estimates and the supplementary estimates (A), (B) and (C). But there should be some connection between the main estimates and the budget itself. They cannot be completely disconnected from each other.
What do you think should be the time between the budget being brought down and the main estimates?