Mr. Peter Sheridan:

Subject to correction, the British Government has said that it will continue to fund the farmers currently funded by the EU up to 2020. They will continue to do that for the farmers. There is no sense of what will happen after 2020. One could also make the argument that CAP funding was only up to 2020, and we do not know what would have happened after that, but as I understand it, the British Government has committed to continue it up to 2020. On the smuggling side, my background is as a police officer in Northern Ireland, and I had responsibility for the Border. I would be very surprised if there are not people thinking about how they can maximise the benefits if there are tariffs on one side of the Border or the other. The history of this place is that that is what happens, and it is inconceivable that people are not already thinking and planning for it.

On the Acting Chairman's question on how people are feeling, it is mixed. Some 56% of people voted to remain in the EU and clearly want to remain in, and see their allegiance as to this part of the island. There is frustration and anger. There is also a considerable section of the community who have seen no benefits from Europe and see that Britain can stand on its own two feet. It is a bit of a mixed bag. What surprises me is that if the referendum was run again, I am not sure that the result would be very different despite what we all know now and some of the more dire predictions that have come out of it. That answers some of the Acting Chairman's questions.