I’m very happy, as always, to be scrutinised by the Member’s committee, and certainly, if you write in requesting that date, I’ll be very happy to come if I’m available. If not, as you say, we’ll look for another date. I know you have asked the chief veterinary officer to give evidence already, but of course I would be very happy to come to be scrutinised.

Is the evidence changing? I suppose over the years, of course, evidence changes. The last time I looked at this in great detail was when I first came as a Member here, back in 2007. Nine years on, I probably think, yes, the evidence will have changed, maybe not hugely, but there will be pockets of evidence that will need to be looked at in great detail. What are my objections to the England cull? I think it’s the indiscriminate nature. It’s not for me to defend a policy that comes from DEFRA in relation to the badger cull, that’s a matter for Ministers there. I do monitor it. I do keep abreast of developments, but it’s not for me to defend them.

Certainly, when I’ve asked farmers—. And I have to say, most farmers in Wales would not want to see that type of cull. The ones that have, I’ve asked them how they would want to deal with it—would they want to deal with it themselves like happens in England—and I can’t think of anyone that said yes. They would want us to do it for them. So, I think even the farmers recognise that’s not the most appropriate way.