I know you didn't. But we must be very careful. You hear it often these days. But is it really interference when the cabinet and the Prime Minister exercise their constitutional responsibilities? Certainly there is a risk that they can jump in at the very early stages of the major capital procurement and try to influence it.
In my 40 or 50 years of experience I've only really seen one instance, and that goes back many decades. But in recent years I've not seen that. In the case of the maritime helicopter project, the EH 101 cancellation, the cancellation was done after the contract had been in place for one full year. They didn't try to influence the requirements and the specifications at all. They decided for other reasons to cancel the program back in 1993.
So, yes, the government is ultimately responsible, and rightfully so in my estimation.