Mr. Robert Watt:

If the Deputy goes into a negotiation on any matter and has some sense of what she is willing to settle on and what she thinks is a reasonable prospective settlement, it is fair to say that if the other party has some idea of what that is, that might impact on her strategy, the other party's strategy and the final outcome. When the Deputy negotiated contracts as a business person, did she tell the other party before the negotiations what her bottom line was?