As the minister said, it is a relatively difficult question.
I would like to draw the attention of this committee to a case that happened in 2006 and 2008 in the U.K. It was a very serious case where the director of a serious fraud case was responsible for both the investigation and the prosecution. It was about military procurement. During the investigation, the director was contacted by a country and also by the Prime Minister, saying that if the Attorney General continued the investigation and the prosecution, blood could be on the street. Finally, the director decided to stop the investigation and not to lay charges.
That case created a judicial review and it went up to the House of Lords. The House of Lords did say that this very difficult conversation didn't break the rule of law.
That, I think, really illustrates how serious the conversation can be.