Mr. Fred McBride:

I have written to the rapporteur saying that in no way were we attempting to undermine that process or criticise it. We were trying to be clear about the fact that none of our staff was interviewed as part of the process. He was in discussion with our director of policy about the findings. Once that was done he may have requested some information for the purposes of the report but at no time were we interviewed about contributing to the substance and writing of the report. I was just trying to set the record straight on the facts of that. I have since written to Dr. Shannon saying we absolutely accept the process and have no difficulty with it and in no way were we trying to undermine it. We accept the report as produced.