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I have had two slightly late bids from members who wish to speak, so I will call those members before I call the minister. This is de minimis; it is just a point for clarification.
I do not know whether it has already been mentioned, but I noticed that on 10 November at the agriculture and fisheries council the UK was represented by Rupert de Mauley and Richard Lochhead. That is an advance, is it not?
If we look at the UK Government’s loss of load expectation standard, which underpins the capacity market, we find that a de-rated margin of about 5 per cent is about the right answer.
Mr Brown, you have already talked with the convener about certain difficulties with pinning down when the aggregate is actually used, as that could happen somewhere else in the UK or even beyond.
We have been discussing transposition for more than a year and are dancing on the head of a pin. If committee members are content to go straight to the recommendations— I am just saying what the others are all thinking.
We know that making play parks and outdoor sports facilities smoke free would help to de-normalise smoking for children and young people, as the environment in which children grow up strongly influences whether they are likely to smoke when they are older.
Although they are called loans, they are de facto advance payments, and I can tell members—I think that Mr Chapman knows this—that they were very much appreciated by farmers who were desperately worried about Brexit.