Dr. Lynn Hillyer:

On how matters differ when we enter a licensed or an unlicensed premises, we took a decision last year that we would enter all premises, whether licensed or unlicensed, under our authorised officer warrant card. Otherwise, we would have been in the position where, for example, if there had been an issue, and we had gone in under the rules of racing, we would have had to walk out of the premises and go back in again, if we had wanted to take action as authorised officers. It was a default to enter as authorised officers.

On the point about how we can ensure we adequately test or examine all the animals on the premises, the Chairman is right that without a full traceability database that is challenging. What we do to mitigate the risks in the spheres of anti-doping and welfare is examine and inspect every animal we can on the premises. If we expect there to be a horse that is not present, we go and find that animal, as far as we possibly can. We know what to expect in respect of horses returned in training. If an animal is not there that should be, we do everything we can to try to trace it.