The function of the minister's office is to set a policy framework, and the director of policy plays a key role in that. You're saying that you wouldn't want to see them involved in micro-procurement decisions, but for them to have a function at all, presumably it's to set that policy framework that says how sharply they're going to exercise that challenge function or not—and there clearly were failures to challenge McKinsey procurement in cases where it should have been challenged by that department. Is that correct?
On June 10th, 2024. See this statement in context.