Minister, it's a legal requirement. It's not for you to tell the Speaker, “I'm sorry. I'm going to strike a balance that's outside of the law.” The Speaker has said that parliamentary committees have a right to order documents. I would submit to you that, if you went before another court, and the court said that you must hand over the documents, you would hand over the documents, yet you're treating a parliamentary committee that has the established constitutional right to order these documents in a different way. I would ask you to take that back and consider it, because you have a legal obligation.
On March 20th, 2023. See this statement in context.