You talked about two worlds. You said you live in the accounting world and the parliamentary world. Parliament looks at the FAA as its guide. Regarding the treatment of the $21.8 million, was it put into the financial statements of the government? If I were a layperson and was looking at the financial statements of the government, would I have seen that amount? Would it have appeared as a debt, a liability, or as anything? Would the balance sheet have shown me that this amount was there?
On May 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.