Social Services Committee — Department of Justice, as I am sure all hon members know, provides legal services to government and is primarily responsible for the protection of citizens of the Province in respect of their persons and their property. Just a couple of days ago one of my colleagues asked me how can the Department of Justice provide legal advice to government when I am not even a lawyer. I explained to him that if were a lawyer I would not providing legal advice because the worse thing a lawyer can do, I think, is advise himself. I have to rely on the experts who are around me to provide that legal advice which more often than not is good solid advice, I am sure. So it is legal service to the government, protection of citizens to the Province. The objective is met by providing the police protection, of course, the prosecution of alleged offenders, the operation of the court and the correction systems of the Province, and the provision of services to victims of crime. Also, the drafting of legislation for the House of Assembly comes under this department, which is done by the Office of the Legislative Council which we also provide. During the past year we had a Select Committee of the House of Assembly which did some very valuable work for us where we have re-visited the policy of arming the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. On behalf of the department I want to express appreciation to the Chairman of that Committee and the members of that Committee who did some excellent work and helped us in making the decision which has proven so far to be the right decision. We have not been getting any major complaints. We did get a few letters, probably not more than a dozen, I suppose, Deputy? WITNESS: (Inaudible). MR. DECKER: No, I didn't know if it was that many, would you, Ralph? It really was a non-issue. There were only a few complaints in St. John's, no more than a dozen I wouldn't think, and one from out around Conception Bay. Most of the other letters which w