Mr. Robert Watt:

It is a body within the Department, chaired, as I said, by Mr. David O'Brien. It is a consultative forum of the main sanctioning authorities. The procuring officers of the sanctioning authorities across the public service meet and discuss how contracts are evolving in relationship with the sector. It is a forum for debates of this nature. If a sanctioning authority wants a derogation from the standard form it has to get it from the Government contracts committee. As I mentioned, there have been 12 derogations since 2011, not all of which have been through a two-stage process. In some cases, other contract forms have been used.