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David Wilson, who is in the audience, is conducting the review and he starts his new job on Monday, so if I do not get the report on Friday we have a problem.
We may appear a bunch of anoraks, and if it gets sticky, somebody might come along in full John Reid mode and suggest that we are trying to get in the way of dealing with crime and dangerous weapons.
I hope that the minister will accept the urgency of the situation and that he will pass that urgency on to his officials to get them out to farms to work with practical people in order to get the situation right quickly.
It would surprise me if a password would have to be disclosed by a person in order to allow an authorised officer to get hold of information on a computer.
However, generally there might be value in getting a response from the minister if only to get it on record whether the Executive has a view on the matter.