Dr. Lorraine Nolan:

The UK agency is in quite a different position from us. It has been very clear about its intention to remain aligned with EU law but there is a caveat. The Deputy is making the point that we will have to keep a close eye on this with respect to joint labelling and how things move forward. We may not be able to continue with it so we are looking to future-proof our system and supply channels all the time. The UK is adopting a position where it will recognise all the EU systems and inspections done by other member states. I suppose it is in a privileged position where it can be in and out of the system to a certain extent. We are in a different position because we are one of the EU 27 member states.