Professor Colin Harvey:

I welcome the Chairman's comments. Our work is intended to inform the thinking of all communities on the island, including unionist communities, because there are some very technical questions here that need to be addressed. I agree with what the Chairman has said and would encourage him and committee members to invite a broad range of voices, particularly from Northern Ireland, who are engaged in this debate at the moment in civic society and elsewhere, to engage with committee and reflect on some of the points just raised by the Chairman. We will continue to clarify our work but I underline the fact that its aim is to inform the debate for all communities on this island, to make sure that we do not repeat the mistake that was made in relation to Brexit. We will continue to work in that spirit.