Mr. James Benson:

On apprenticeships, the recent figures that have been outlined relate to the peak of our delivery. We talk about 40,000 units being delivered in a given year but we are a long way off that at the moment. Thankfully, there is a little time left before we need those big numbers. The danger is that we might focus on one particular building regulation. We have, thankfully, seen advances in the conservation of fuel and energy through Parts L and F. There have been a huge number of regulation changes in recent years. While these are all welcome because we now have some of the best home standards in Europe, the regulatory impact assessments of each of those new changes in standards need to be looked collectively. We need to take an holistic and collective look at changes to Parts B, F, L and M in recent years to see what their impact has been on viability, as opposed to saying that one change in standards has created an additional cost of perhaps €2,000 or €3,000 per unit. We need to view them collectively because there is a danger that they may not be viable as a result of these changes. We have always welcomed the standards, as I think everyone would, but they come at a cost.