Mr. Ivan Cooper:

I would be happy to have a one-on-one discussion with the Deputy on the finer detail. I would like to make a point about the scale of the contract that is awarded. It is important that contracts are kept at a scale that enables voluntary organisations with an existing capacity to bid for them. If the contract award is designed for too great an area, smaller organisations will be excluded from being able to compete because they do not have the capacity to deliver the service at the specified level.