Human Resources committee  On the board of referees there are three members. There's a neutral chair--

Human Resources committee  --and there are two appointees. There's a list of board of referees developed by the commissioner for workers and one developed by the commissioner for employers. There are always the three: workers, employers, and a neutral chair.

Human Resources committee  The department supports the chair of the board of referees in undertaking the scheduling. They endeavour to do it in as timely a fashion as possible. In the majority of cases I think we would be able to identify such a conflict in advance and simply revamp the schedule to ensure

Human Resources committee  Do you want to add anything, Éric?

Human Resources committee  They're appointed by the chief umpire.

Human Resources committee  It's done in consultation with the chief judge of the Federal Court.

Human Resources committee  Do you want to clarify that?

Human Resources committee  It's more in the realm of judicial appointments, and outside the purview of--

Human Resources committee  That's not a performance measure that we track, since this is an arm's-length judicial body that is hearing these cases. We're informed that 12 months is the average length of time, but I'm not in a position to comment on--

Human Resources committee  It's around 1,500.

Human Resources committee  That's how many are submitted to the umpire. There may be....

Human Resources committee  We are not responsible for that. The umpire, as I said, is an arm's-length organization that reports on its.... We don't have that.

Human Resources committee  There is some information on the volume of appeals in the monitoring and assessment report, which, as I said, will be coming out in the coming weeks.

Human Resources committee  The information for 2008-2009 is in the current monitoring and assessment report. The information for the following year will be in the forthcoming monitoring and assessment report on volumes of appeals to the umpire.

Human Resources committee  I don't believe so.