As I indicated during the course of the campaign for the ratification of the Nice treaty, funding was provided separately for the costs of enlargement up to 2006. That position has been confirmed by the Heads of Government in Brussels. The decision on the budget post-2006 does not in itself require that further reform be undertaken in relation to market supports or direct payments. On the other hand, the integration of the new member states into a single market of approximately 480 million consumers without tariff or other trade barriers will create a new impetus for growth in the market and provide opportunities for all member states, old and new. Most of the new member states are more dependent on agriculture than we are and I expect will be most useful allies in defending the interests of agriculture within the European Union.