Mr. John Barrett:

If I can just briefly bring everybody's attention to page 641 at the end where I said: "I am committed to you. I will be completely forthright about matters in all areas." I vested my trust, quite frankly, in Mr. Howard. I did so at the meeting on 2 June.

I did expect that he would return to me but in the circumstances, when I sought advice on this, one of the things that emerged was "he is the statutory office holder, do not sweat it". In fairness, as I learned subsequently, he acted his part completely with honour.