Consultation with the civil society is also important. We talked about the importance of a public debate in the House of Commons. Civil society organizations must be consulted. In our opinion, it is a complete aberration that business executives are directly involved and have direct influence over the process, even though parliamentarians and the civil society, which represents the citizens of this country, are unable to talk about their own needs.
On May 3rd, 2007. See this statement in context.