Mr. John Callinan:

I will not pretend to be an expert on the specifics of it, but my understanding is that that is one of the issues that is going to have to be worked out in the negotiation process, particularly where there is an EU quota, of which different member states have different shares. How that will be dealt with when the UK leaves has to be taken into account in negotiations. Does the whole quota stay with the remaining EU countries? Does some portion of it go? If so, how is that calculated? The complex mechanics of that have yet to be worked out. I do not know if any of my colleagues know more about it than I do. I apologise that I do not have the intimate detail of that. My understanding from recent discussions is that that is a big piece of work that has yet to be worked out in the overall arrangements.