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I remind my colleagues of one or two key ground rules to make the video link work best. I will try to bring everybody into the conversation when they indicate in the usual manner that they want to speak.
We have also had a number of meetings with the Minister for Finance and Local Government to engage in a dialogue about how best to develop certain things. The consultative steering group's financial issues advisory group suggested that Government accounting should use simple language and community-understood terms.
It would be for the minister to explore the best way to proceed. Previously, we heard that fishing legislation exists that would allow him to act on the proposal.