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I think it is also worth noting that parliamentarians in this House and the other place will continue to be able to hold me, other Defra Ministers and the department as a whole to account through all the usual means for the ways in which the powers in this instrument are exercised. I am also sure that the issues that have been raised beyond the scope of the statutory instrument will be raised in more detail in the regular meetings that I am now having with noble Lords from Northern Ireland. On that note, I sincerely thank the noble Lord, Lord Morrow, for his kind comments about the way that I have tried to listen, understand and work with noble Lords in a very complex area.