He stood listening to the responses back and forth in particular from Roxanne. He'd gotten along with her fairly well when she had become department head but over time she had become quite a character, and her time in France hadn't exactly softened her all that much. Her opinion of the ministry spending in some ways might be true but for instance in his department after the chizpurfle infestation, they had raised funds to readd to the level and done what they could to save as much as possible. He had questions that kept coming to mind but so far he was just listening to the proceedings his hand on his chin balanced on his other arm across his chest, thinking and listening.