Mr. Robert Watt:

As I understand, the protocols are the approach the HRB operates in respect of the allocation of research funding. It states it wants to investigate a certain area and invites people to submit tenders or applications. Those applications are assessed by a HRB committee set up for that purpose. Then it awards a contract, I guess, or funding line to senior researchers across the university system. They are allocated the money, do their research and so on. There is peer review of that research. As I understand, that is the protocol and approach. I do not quite understand what of that we breached, since it was clear we were setting out at the foothills of how we would develop this approach. It was clearly the intention that the HRB would be involved in administering the funds. The protocol is what I have just described. The letter of intent is consistent with what I understand the procedure or protocol to be. That is why I do not understand what the finding is suggesting we did. I am not trying to be facetious or smart about it. The document or particular paragraph is not referenced. I have set out my understanding of the procedure. The intention would be to meet the procedures and protocols.