Hon ANDREW LITTLE (Minister responsible for the NZSIS): In the end, it wasn't about the Government's decision. This was a judicial process that was in train, and Ministers, members of the executive, and Government agencies do not get to determine the outcome of that. The individual had exercised his right to appeal his deportation order. He had done so. That process was in train, and that puts constraints on what the executive can do in relation to that individual.