I'd like to thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement. I know that this represents many months of hard detailed work by the Cabinet Secretary and by his officials. I think he has listed significant achievements today, and I'd like to congratulate him for those results. I think it's absolutely right that the Government feels able to recommend that we do give legislative consent when this comes before us.

Most of the questions I wanted to ask have already been asked, thankfully, I'm sure, Presiding Officer, but one thing I did want to ask: during these months of negotiation, was there, at any point, a tipping point when you felt that, now we've achieved that, there is, really, the hope of getting to an agreement?