I take the positions of lawyers with the usual grain of salt. The government lawyer's position, which has not been reflected in statements of government ministers or others, was that they are respecting the social covenant by the existing legislation.
Now that's a position that a lawyer takes because he's given marching orders. I don't even know that he believes it. But the position was that, yes, there is a social covenant, but we're honouring it with the existing legislation. If we go to trial, we think we'll be able to show that this is not the case.