Thank you.
By adding a stand-alone provision on foreign interference and specifying that the definition falls within the meaning of the regulations, we are giving the government an opportunity to properly define foreign interference. We've taken this approach with other definitions, including political interference.
In addition, though I am not saying this is the case, it's possible that there is interference from outside right now and that people are turning a blind eye, one way or another, because they or members of their family are being threatened. It is to prevent these types of situations from occurring inside the public service itself that we are asking for a specific provision for foreign interference.