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These children experienced such terrible things that I could never say that we should have a cut-off date that would not take into account their experiences.
It is not just about initially microchipping a cat; it is about ensuring that details are kept up to date and indeed that there is a single database that vets or other individuals can check, which we currently do not have.
When it became apparent, in June this year, that the switch-off date was running into trouble, I wrote to the chief executive of Ofgem to ask for a number of reassurances.
This year, for example, we hoped to set up a tour that would involve crossing into a couple of other countries and doing more European dates than we have been able to achieve.
Being relatively new to the sector, I was struck by how difficult it often is to find data—in particular, up-to-date data. Often, data is several years out of date.
We have just increased the frequency of our meetings, because we have so much work to get through. We do not have dates yet for reporting back, but the work has been hugely beneficial to do.
There was also confusion about which partnership subsisted. It was a farming partnership dating back more than 100 years; all the original partners had died and the subsequent partners had become the partnership.