"The challenges posed by the current programme of cuts could certainly accelerate that," says de Valk.
A "phasing out" of the current programme, announced by the government, could take many years, he added.
"Democracy changes the facts on the ground and we are a government that has a critique of the current programme".
The current programme features some of our very own Guardian science-blog writers Pete Etchells, Molly Crockett and Suzi Gage.
He has aimed to get the current programme dropped and wrapped into a new one involving debt relief.
So far, 400 recruits have been cleared by the Americans to receive light arms training in the current programme.
It does not, for now, intend to accelerate the December disbursement of $1.2 billion due under the current programme.
Its chair, Jerry Karlin, says: "Unfortunately, child contact centres have been largely overlooked in the current programme of family law reform.
The Shout/NFA report calls for a steady build-up to 100,000 social rented new homes by 2020, replacing, by implication, the current programme.
I fear that the current programme with its focus on ultimate recourse and legal obligations under various negative scenarios is pulling us in the opposite direction.
"Under the current programme, it's fair to say a modest number of re-lets have been converted to affordable rent or sold with the proceeds reinvested," Prisk said.
