Mr. P. J. Stone:

With regard to how it works in practice, first I must justify whether a claim should be formulated. I do not want to pick out a particular claim because we are not here to negotiate, but in order to give a flavour of what happens, I will take the example of a claim for dog handlers. I would present that position to the Department of Justice and a conciliation meeting would be called, where we present our case in respect of that group of people. The arguments around that case are very simple, in that these people have the dog in their care 365 days a year. They are responsible for that dog when they go on holidays, must bring that dog home and must feed that dog. There are a number of issues involved there. The case is set out and examined in minutiae by the Departments of Justice and Finance. Then after long discussion the criteria for paying that allowance are agreed. That is then forwarded to the Commissioner, who must accept or approve each payment.