The deputy minister with responsibility for tourism—who is sitting there with his Hebridean tan—told the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee, on 27 March, that on matters of tourism:"I have no doubt about it—that Wendy Alexander and, ultimately, the First Minister are accountable"—Official Report, Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee, 27 March 2001; c 1704.Is it not true that hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money have been wasted on that failed appointment process?