Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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We are in an environment where an awful lot of airlines are looking and planning to grow. As Mr. Hughes said, we are at a crisis point in the context of air traffic capacity. In that overall context, do bespoke or individual planning conditions, such as either passenger caps or total flight movements, help Eurocontrol to curb any further immediate growth, even though that may not be the intention behind an individual planning condition? Obviously, there is the planning cap relating to an airport. Is Eurocontrol saying that it is a good thing that there is a cap on movement or passenger numbers at airport A at this time, given that we are at such a crisis point?