Mr. David Gunning:

It is a two-way contract, of course. The contractor has the right under the contract to submit claims, however, and it is our responsibility to defend them. In terms of withholding the monthly certified payments, we have no entitlement under the contract to withhold payments because we have a large number of claims. We make payments that are certified. Our quantity surveyor company provides the details, the payments are certified by the employer's representative and then the payments are made in accordance with that. We do not have the right to withhold any payments. I will make a point that I probably have not stressed enough before. If, under any circumstances, the contractor has claims and entitlements, it is our responsibility to make sure it gets paid for those, which we are endeavouring to do.