Thank you for the questions—they are very good ones. There are many points to cover. On licensing, I agree with everybody who has already spoken. It is critical that this part of the industry be brought up to the same standards that the rest of the industry is being held to, and taking this step forward on licensing seems sensible.
On whether experience should factor into applications, my answer is no. The quality of the application should be the factor. Those more experienced companies will, of course, be able to submit a higher-quality application, but if a new competitor comes into the market, they should be able to compete on a level playing field with the other providers.
On how to establish consumer protections, we should put some of that in the licensing arrangements and make those a requirement. However, it is likely at this point that the energy ombudsman—Ombudsman Services—would step into that consumer protection role. We need to make sure that there is co-ordination across the Scottish and UK Governments on the approach and that the consumer protections are at least held to the same standards, regardless of who eventually takes control of them.
Finally, on who the regulator should be, I agree that it is likely to be Ofgem, which we consider to be the sensible approach—again, that is about keeping things consistent. Indeed, this is about having consistency in all things.
I am, effectively, just echoing everybody else’s points.