I referred to my involvement with the Medical Council. This day next week I was due to travel to Penang to inspect its medical school, of which the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and UCD are overseers. I am greatly disappointed that because of the troubles in the Middle East the trip will not go ahead but hope it will be back on course later in the autumn. The medical school in Penang is a wonderful set-up. Not only is it an educator, it is also educating people in their own environment.