Mr. Colm O'Gorman:

I can understand how the use of the word "politicians" twice in the document could give rise to some questions. We actually refer to states, governments and member states on a further six occasions. Hopefully, that clarifies that when we talk about politicians in that regard, we mean politicians in situations of particular responsibility. I am happy, however, to amend the document and resubmit it with the word "governments" instead of "politicians", if that is agreeable to the committee. That is certainly what we intended. I regret if that has caused any offence, but perhaps we might focus on the issues the submission seeks to deal with and get past-----