Mr. Joseph Moore:

Yes. For the last framework programme, which is now Horizon Europe, when the proposal was made we did a consultation with our stakeholders. We issued a position paper as a Department once we knew what the proposal was and in anticipation of the discussion we would be having with the Commission. It was on that basis we were able to say our stakeholders favoured a civilian approach and that was in fact the outcome of the actual discussion with the Commission and the other member states.