Ms Joan Martin:

As I said at the close of my statement, many studies on Brexit have considered various scenarios, as Mr. Kelpie mentioned. The worst-case scenarios are like Armageddon considering the impact they could have on the economy. Any mechanism can help to retain the status quoor a set of circumstances as close to the status quoas possible in terms of movement is desirable. Close to 20% of my staff live in Northern Ireland. All of these things are so important. Anything that will keep in place the status quois beneficial. I do not care whether there is a mechanism or whether those concerned are innovative and come up with some new mechanism. Anything that can maintain thestatus quo, or circumstances as close to the status quoas allow goods and people to move back and forth, as they have been doing, is vital. We will certainly be pushing for people to lobby and keep the pressure on in this regard.