Mr. John Bryan:

I will finish. I did not interrupt the Deputy. We ran a campaign for three years to ban Brazilian beef from Europe. Several of the factories the Deputy is talking about were involved in importing it. Therefore, to say that there is a conflict of interest, just means that he has no in-depth understanding of the beef industry. We have put a huge effort in over the last couple of years to get ships going. A couple of months ago, I was at the launch of the first boat to Libya in 15 years. We do not collect any levy off boats but we work daily at international markets. We work for farmers and run a full-time office in Brussels. The lobbying we did on the MFF and to get a proper budget on the single farm payment involved working with the French, the Germans and others. That is what the IFA does. We are a lobbying organisation, not a political one. We are not involved in anything else, but we put a huge effort into working to represent 124,000 farmers.

At times, one would be concerned that there is an understanding - and that is a very weak word - between factories. Someone else mentioned cartels. Of course, one would be concerned when they all pay the same price. A moment ago, the Deputy asked for all the dairy co-ops to quote the one price.