Victor Boyhan (Independent)
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I have one final question, which I know was put to the Minister last year. If he looks at the debates going back over a number of years in both Houses, he will see that this issue has been raised again and again. It is the decoupling of funding for greyhounds as opposed to horse racing. The focus of most of the critics tends to be on the dogs. That is not what I think. That is what the debates are showing us. I know it is tied up legislatively at the moment. Is there any reason to, is it possible or is it desirable to decouple the funding and have two separate strands? I know this is governed by some legislation. They are very much intertwined, yet they are very different in many ways. What is the logic behind it? Has it been considered? Can it happen? Should it happen? What would the Minister recommend?