Mr. Conall Bolger:

I believe it is section 37(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 - my colleagues will correct me if I have got that wrong - that provides for the limitations around direct line. That legislation needs changing. We would probably need to issue some guidelines on it as well as to how and in what circumstances this could be done. The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is scheduled under the climate action plan, and we have been advised since, to issue a consultation on direct lines. We had hoped to see it in the first quarter of this year, in April, and we still hope to see it very soon. It is a live issue; it is not fanciful. I refer the Deputy to practice in other markets where this is seen. It is reasonably common just over the water in Great Britain and in some other European markets.