Dr. Susan Steele:

I hope I have not missed anything but the final questions that are outstanding relate to Brexit. As everybody in the room is aware and as we are seeing everywhere in the discussions, the implications of Brexit for fisheries will be profound. As regulators, we are very concerned about the huge extra demands that will come from the extra sea area that will have to be patrolled and possibly from displacement. There are so many possibilities regarding what could happen. As the committee will have seen when we spoke about the annual report, last year we signed 6,100 health certificates which were for export to countries outside Europe. This is a huge responsibility for the SFPA. Again, we can see more work in that area in the future. As everyone is watching what will happen with negotiations and the outcome, we are looking at the possibilities and what resources will be required in order for us to be able to ensure both seafood safety, trade and the fisheries control side of our work. We have been discussing with our parent Department. We have not yet put in a formal submission because we do not yet know where we will be with it. That is our answer with regard to Brexit.