I read in the newspapers last Thursday that the South-East Regional Authority, the authority charged with carrying out works in the area, last week issued an e-mail to all those who had tendered to build the broadband network in the south-east stating that, due to overall funding constraints, the SERPANT project would not be among those funded in 2003. It went on to state that it may be among the projects funded in 2004. There was nothing more concrete than this. Different Ministers have since stated in various media that this claim is incorrect. How can the South-East Regional Authority, the body supposed to carry out these works, state this will not happen while Ministers say it will?