Mr. Speaker, according to the rules of this House, the government speaks through the minister responsible for a department.
Ministers defend the files of their predecessors. That is how it is done and how it has always been done. That is the custom. The Minister of Human Resources Development is completely capable of answering all questions on the programs concerned.
There have been four ministers of that department since we became the government. The present minister is responsible for answering for the other three.