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I have no idea what the time is, but, in trying to wind up, I shall pick up on other points that were raised. The noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, said that these payments will still go to pensioners in Europe. I just want to clarify this. The only people who will still get these outside the UK are those who are covered by the withdrawal agreement, agreed by the last Government, are living in the EEA or Switzerland, getting an equivalent benefit from that Government but also still have an appropriate social security link to the UK, and that country has to be colder than the warmest region of the UK. I can reassure her that that definitely takes out Spain.