' ... I am mostly letting them get on with it. I probably spend more time with Jane than Colin, because I think Colin can package his up nicely into this is what you want to do, we'll design it, we'll specify it, programme it, and test it. I think it lends itself to that, so I am right in letting Colin get on with that, whereas Jane and I are spending a lot of time together, because it's much more complicated, and she needs, I think, to benefit from the knowledge I've got of X and the overseas side and how it fits together, although she's learnt very quickly. ...X081 page 006.02 (tape 03.2.05) Gordan Notes/Tape 17/02/95She's through till the end of this year, but I suspect that I will want to extend it, if she wants to stay. It's a lot of money we're paying her. The budget for this year is £2 million. We're paying for her nearly £200,000. ... Then, you look at it, you say 10% of the total spend to make a success of it. It's worth it if it happens. ... But I got board approval for that. I said "If you want it to work, you've got to pay this", and they said "OK. You'd better make sure it works." ... '
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