My answer--I'm sorry, Mr. Karygiannis--is that I've had people ask me if I would appear as a member of Parliament in, say, a small claims court action, or indeed a criminal law action. I've said, no, you have to get a lawyer for that, and if you can't afford a lawyer you make an application for legal aid or you get someone else.
In my opinion, I would be interfering, as a politician, in the criminal courts or the civil courts, and I have just said, no, I won't do that. I wouldn't even give them advice.
Hence, I think that's where Mr. Karygiannis is going; in the past, a member of Parliament might try to help people stickhandle through sometimes very complicated processes and advise them how to do things, because they have access to ministry staff.
I think I have talked enough, but I think Mr. Karygiannis has a legitimate point. I don't think that the member of Parliament would be appropriate--because this is a quasi-judicial thing--to appear as an agent. I don't believe that would be appropriate. But then there's that fine line between advising the person and asking questions of others, as to whether that's interfering in the process.
So I've talked enough.
Mr. Karygiannis.