Dr. Alan Moore:

I thank Deputy Collins. I will pick up on the point he made about progressive farming. What the discussion this evening has shown is that it is now understood that what was previously good farming in terms of taking out the hedgerows is now seen as questionable and not good practice. As the Deputy has heard this evening, we are very much farmer led. Our group has high farmer representation. We strongly believe the retention of good quality hedgerows represents good, progressive farming.