Thank you very much, hon member, and for the record: yes, I want to take that statement back. I did not intend to imply that all of you are unpatriotic; some, however, I am not sure of.
The point I wanted to make, which is a very important one, is that in all democratic countries there are certain areas, such as defence, which are a national responsibility. They are not party-political matters, but matters of national responsibility. And that is what I wanted to point out that has changed in this Parliament since 2002 to 2009. Then we did not have this. We had very good co-operation between ourselves, as multiparty Members of Parliament, with the Ministry of Defence.
And how would I want to make sure that what happened in the past does not happen again? I am depending on you to assist the Ministry of Defence to ensure that whatever we get now for the Defence Force, you will be there, first, to approve it; second, to make sure that we have the resources; and, third, to make sure that jointly, with me, you monitor that it is put to good use.
I am unfortunately unable, hon member, to give you the total figure of what we would need to recover and make sure that we can revitalise our fleet. Most of what we have - our vehicles and our aircraft - are ageing. We really need a great deal of injection of resources into this, because this is where we experience most of our difficulties in ferrying around our personnel and in ferrying around those people who need to be ferried from one place to another. The fleet that we have is truly aged. We need to make sure that we can direct the resources, and, with your help and, perhaps when we have had the opportunity to give you a breakdown of what we have in the review, you will be able to support us in this venture. Thank you.