Mr. John Randles:

What the Deputy referenced in terms of the contractors is that some of the energy suppliers under the energy efficiency obligation scheme, EEOS, contract contractors directly. The energy supplier applies on behalf of the homeowner to the better energy homes programme. That makes it less cumbersome for and potentially more attractive to the homeowner because the contractor or energy supplier is doing all the work. The homeowner just pays the net price, less the grant and any discount leveraged by the EEOS, directly to the contractor. The energy supplier applies for the grant and we submit the grant to the energy supplier which, in turn, pays the contractor. Unfortunately, a group of contractors that works for a particular energy supplier has decided it will no longer participate in this from 1 January. That is what the Deputy is referencing. Other energy suppliers will continue but she is referencing a particular contractor that works directly for an energy supplier and has decided to cease working on smaller measures. That is what happened there.