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The meeting is likely to be shorter than originally scheduled as a result of our accommodating requests from some objector groups to change the date of their evidence session. Our updated timetable is available on our web page.
The difficulty was that three of the major companies, including Orange, did not participate and the database was not kept up to date. Clearly, individuals who had an interest could update it personally if they knew where particular masts were.
For example, we are not allowed to book meeting dates far enough in advance to allow us to present to external agencies and MSPs any kind of logical or helpful schedule.
The purpose of the report that we are discussing today was to review where we are now and to review the risks and challenges for the next few years up to the target date. I now invite Barbara Hurst to say a bit more about the content of the report.
As a banker, I used to despair at the fact that everyone calls everything a bank, whereas some things are banks and some are not; the word “bank” is used widely.
One can receive papers that say that the case preparer is a particular person, but when one phones the number, that person is on holiday—of course, people are entitled to their holidays—so one has to find out who else is dealing with the case.