Thank you very much, John. I appreciate your question, but the backlog itself is under 20,000. Of course applications come in every day, and I believe that's what you are referring to. There are some 40,000 applications already in the department waiting to be adjudicated.
Of course the backlog is totally unacceptable, and my honourable colleague is well aware that the number of first-time applications has increased by 90-some per cent, so of course that increases the job for our adjudicators.
We, and I, have indicated quite clearly that the backlog is my number one priority, and we will deal with the backlog.