Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
The only intervention I really want to make is that I have a lot of arguments in favour of the report, but I don't know that the correspondence dealing with this report has actually been tabled before the committee. You can check with the clerk.
I'm looking at a letter from C.E.S. Franks dated February 23, 2007, and I'll just quote one sentence:
Though I have had the assistance of many persons in preparing this draft, the final decisions on its contents and form are mine, and I accept full responsibility for any faults in it.
When I look at the report, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Franks is noted as the consultant, but this is his report. Now, I would have thought this report would have been a one-page report from the public accounts committee saying we're pleased to table a report from Professor Franks, who has given us advice, and we've accepted his advice--rather than in essence plagiarizing his report, because we haven't given him any credit for it. With that editorial change--if it is an editorial change--I think we should proceed.