Derek McDowell (Labour)

I take this as being the assurance for which I was looking. On the face of it, the papers could easily be covered by the amendments to section 19 and others that deal with the deliberative process. For example, some Departments insist the Estimates process never ends. They forever go to the Department of Finance and will not accept an issue has been finally dealt with, or the deliberative process is over, for a long time. I was anxious to ensure the tax strategy group papers would not be part of this, caught by virtue of the deliberations of Government, or the amendments made by later sections, particularly section 12.