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In those circumstances, although I understand the argument, it is best that we move forward in a way that ensures that the bill can become law, should the Parliament support it later today—it is a supermajority bill—and begin to be implemented.
Again, we would want to come to an agreement with the stakeholders about the best way to measure progress, as opposed to forming a view ourselves about how we measure progress.
It is a tough job and they do not get an awful lot of time to do it. We recruit the best people with the skills that they have, but we want to develop them when they are in post.
There is evidence that some of those things come into play in those circumstances. It is probably best if we provide specific information about the evidence that exists, as there is a lot of it.
New European Union emissions rules and the introduction of carbon pricing mean that the future of Longannet after 2020 is, at best, very uncertain. Therefore, resolving the transmission charging issue is likely to buy, at best, a stay of execution.