Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I ask everyone to ensure that mobile phones are switched off. The weather has taken its toll this morning: we are short not only of witnesses, but of committee members. I am hopeful that some of them will arrive, but as some of the witnesses have other engagements later in the morning, I think that we should proceed. The members who are not present can, of course, get a flavour of the evidence from the Official Report of the meeting.
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