Mr. Neil McDonnell:

I would love that to be the case. The Minister has already asked his counterpart, Patrick McLoughlin, MP, for this and has been refused. We can have an academic debate about whether our vehicles should pay in Northern Ireland. If it can be delivered for our members that would be great but if it cannot our taxpayers from next year will start to pay for the A5. There are certain exemptions we would like to see in place. That is a very important distinction. If the committee can deliver an exemption that covers all of Northern Ireland for all our members they will be very grateful but we want something to come of this process. Returning to companies such as Musgraves with nothing would be a big problem, given the volume of their transport crossing the North.