The Minister has advised a GDP growth rate of 3.5% in 2003, 4% to 4.5% in 2004 and 5% in 2005. That is the highest level of growth that will be experienced anywhere in Europe and is double the euro average. In a booming economy compared to anywhere else, the idea that managers, investors, businesses, industrialists could not afford to pay a decent wage and salary increase to workers would be unacceptable. Given that he is a practical man, the Minister of State will recognise the validity of that point. I ask him to take that message back and to hammer a few tables. Should he meet anyone from the farming organisations perhaps he would tell them there is no point talking about not paying benchmarking. I am glad the Government did not listen to them on that issue. As I said to the Minister of State's successor in his former position when he advocated some weeks ago not paying benchmarking, a farmer should know that no man ever fattened a beast by knocking over his neighbour's trough. That would be a good message to take back to those people.