I agree with the Minister that the outcome of the negotiations means the benefits of the Agenda 2000 agreement have been retained while the changes to the policy framework will ensure a realistic agriculture and food industry which is more market orientated and sustainable. The outcome is well balanced and a new dispensation has been created which clearly seeks to adapt the Common Agricultural Policy to the 21st century. We can face the future with confidence. Stability is essential and the deal we have made delivers it by removing the uncertainty of recent months. The challenge we all face is to handle the change from old to new in a co-operative and consensual way which enables agriculture and all who work in it to look ahead with anticipation and assurance.