A great deal of lip service has been paid to the principles of openness, transparency and accountability, but we have not delivered on such ideals. I cannot see many valid reasons that rudimentary exchanges between Ministers and officials, which show that they have different views, cannot be made public. The decision-making process should be opened up and placed in the public domain if we are to invest in the system the faith that people have lost. Public participation in the democratic process has declined as a consequence of the fact that people no longer feel they are stakeholders in the democratic process. A vote will be called on this measure because it is wrong, draconian, excessive and repulsive.