Prawney I sumpathise and thank you for posting, if it happens to me I will be prepared to respond accordigly to say I need notice. It is a lot of responsibility speaking as an Appointee for someone and I worry about my own performance with everything in life as it directly affects my daughter's outcomes. Putting you on the spt like this is not correct procedure surely. I would struggle as I have a slower processing speed and I know my 'performance on the spot' would not give my daughter the best outcome as I do not give detailed or fully accurate replies. I am ok as long as I can prepare in advance, but even then I feel the weight of the responsibility for another's outcome.