I cannot accede to the Senator's request that the Department of Social and Family Affairs secures and furnishes legal advice in relation to this issue. The Government's legal advisor is the Attorney General. The client of the Attorney General and his office is the executive branch of Government, that is to say the Government as a whole, its individual members and the Departments they head. Because of the doctrine of the separation of powers, it is important to note that the Attorney General does not, as a general rule, furnish legal advice to the other branches of Government, that is to say the legislative or judicial branches, or to the President nor does he furnish legal advice to members of the public.