Mr. Denis Duggan:

Through the open-call process as a stakeholder, bearing in mind it is not an affiliate. Today, if we were following the process as outlined in the open call, ECVOA would absolutely have the same right or entitlement as any other body to nominate someone. Let us be fair: the members of ECVOA do not just have equestrian experience; they also have business and other skills. Its members would be very valuable to any board, including our own. I am referring to the current process or open call.

In our meeting with ECVOA representatives recently, they indicated they had drafted or been involved in the production of a document around a memorandum of understanding from a number of years ago, and they were to share that with us. If they have that, we will be happy to receive it. I have been in touch with one of the organisation's members on the overall affiliation process. A memorandum of understanding is one thing on which we are happy to engage with ECVOA, but we are also happy to discuss affiliation with it. We have sent it the criteria and application form.