Mr. Robert Watt:

Am I allowed to respond? We did not approve the spending. The spending ultimately, if the money was to be spent from 2023 onwards, would need to be included in the Estimates process. The Minister would need to approve that amount of money and it would need to be included in the Estimates. That Estimate would be published as part of the abridged Estimate and then the revised Estimate. There is no basis upon which I can approve spending for a new area of spending without the approval of the Minister. I do not have that authority. We have authority, as Secretary General, to authorise spending that has been-----