Mr. Rory Montgomery:

A lot of those fall by the wayside because they are not within the scope of the Press Council's activity. You get complaints about adverts for instance, which is not a matter for us to deal with, and as Ms McKay has said there are a couple of high profile publications which are not members of the Press Council. A lot of them get sorted out through conciliation, and there are also Ms McKay's own decisions. As I said earlier, I would say that approximately a dozen of her decisions are appealed each year to the Press Council. We have the final say - there is no appeal beyond that. In the majority of cases, statistically, we uphold the ombudsman's decisions. Ms McKay's predecessor used to say it was a good sign that not all of his decisions were upheld. I think that is important because it shows the Press Council looks rigorously and precisely at whether principles have been misapplied, or procedures have not been followed.