Can the Minister confirm whether all the EC countries are adhering to the ban? If not, has he any information as to which, if any of them, are not?

As of now all countries are obliged to adhere to it but obviously some of them did not put in place as early as we did — under the previous Administration I acknowledge — the regulations regarding it. Now they are all obliged to come in line with what we have done previously. If they do not abide by that they are subject to very heavy penalty. Equally, I hope the House will agree with me — I see the former Minister is here — that the decisions taken which I am now endorsing can be used to the advantage of this nation in this area.