Shall we move on to another issue? You and the Chief Electoral Officer have both made very good cases in a couple of reports—you, in your 2012-13 report—concerning the need for a power to apply to a judge to secure a judicial order to compel testimony of witnesses. In your report, you detailed all the different ways in which witnesses do not cooperate and make investigations difficult. Is any of this coming from direct experience of recent investigations with witnesses? For example, with respect to the use of fraudulent calls during 2011, did you encounter any of these problems that have informed your view of the need for the power to compel witnesses?
On April 1st, 2014. See this statement in context.