In December of 2009 you sent a letter to my colleague, Ujjal Dosanjh, which read in part that “the Committee...is at all times to be seen as carrying out its constitutional function of holding the Government to account”. You said, “This is fundamental to responsible government....” You went on to say, “The law of parliamentary privilege provides that this relationship operates unencumbered by legal constraints that might otherwise seem applicable”.
In your view, are there differences between that situation then and the one we face today? If so, what are those differences?