Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

It would be completely impossible to put through an amendment of the RDP in that timeframe. That option just does not arise. In fact, the first amendment to the RDP could be done after about a year.

I repeat that farmland birds such as breeding waders, chough, corncrake, geese, swans, grey partridge, hen harrier and twite are all covered by tier 1.