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I hope that all members have a good break, a happy new year and a merry Christmas—in whichever order those may come. Meeting continued in private until 16:55.
Inviting the committee to examine European documents may be a bad move, but I am aware that there may be important issues to consider and we should probably take time to consider them.
Our further inquiries about the precise nature of the problem elicited the letter of 15 May. That answer makes the position worse than we thought rather than better.
I still contend that the critical issue for this committee is not who met whom and when, although that may be of interest to members. As far as the committee is concerned, we are trying to find a mechanism through which we can establish whether funding can be provided to the British pig industry.
If members have other questions, they may find it useful to have a chat with Michael McMahon, because the group may already have discussed those issues.
As there is one amendment, the debate may last up to 20 minutes, with one speaker for the motion, one for the amendment, one against the motion and one against the amendment.