Mr. Chairman, the decision was taken without consulting the minister. This was a management decision by officials. The amount that was in everybody's mind in 2002-03 was $10 million, not $39 million. It was $10 million because the contract was for about $32 million, payable in $10 million chunks over three successive years. That was the amount that appeared in supplementary estimates repeatedly. That was the amount that ended up being put into the main estimates.
As I say, the focus was on managing this contract, and the minister was not brought into the decision to book or not book.