I do not accept that the verification groups are impartial bodies. The chair of one of the verification groups was also a member of the benchmarking body. It is an extraordinary coincidence that someone so embroiled in the whole process, who has a vested interest in pushing it through and who recommended the report to the House is chairing one of the verification groups. Political appointees to semi-State bodies are chairing other verification groups. What does that mean? It means they are beholden and are not independent. Others on the verification groups are almost inevitably trade unionists who will vote to push this through as will members of IBEC.