If we have the resources, then I think your point is well made.
Let me make one other comment. With all due respect to the former attorney general, I don't trust the Attorney General or his department to give opinions to me, or to you as members of Parliament. Here's what I would trust. I would recommend that all members of Parliament be funded so that they could hire their own lawyer, to get their own opinion from a lawyer they trust, as other democracies do. I would suggest you send someone to some other democracy south of the border and in Europe. I think we spend way too little money on individual review by you as members of Parliament, and you need more funding. Each of you needs more funding.
There's nothing wrong with the Attorney General putting a statement down, but I don't think it's worth the paper it's printed on. I think an opinion from a lawyer, your lawyer, is going to be much more valuable to you as a decision-maker.