Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Yes, and they would be reasonably well rewarded for doing that. We are not asking for anything for free. What we are trying to do is set a predictable, average and fair price for the utilisation of beds to support our hospital pressure system, particularly in the area of medicine. We are not just investing money in that but clinical input and so on. I do not believe it is unreasonable, on the basis of the 160 beds we are using today, if we go out with a framework next week to guarantee those 160 beds to the end of next February and to allow private hospitals to offer what they have available for us to take up between November and the end of February. I do not think that is a completely unplanned arrangement and I am actually a little surprised because it is a much better position than last year.