I just want to paint a broader picture so you can help the committee understand the effect of this issue on the Brexit campaign. You had a very close election result: 51.9% versus 48.1%, or a less than a 4% difference. It was 3.8%, to be exact. You had 30 million people who cast a vote, so that just happens to be about one million people. You've come out now and said that you're trying to conclude your investigation by July, right?
Since article 50 was triggered a year and a half ago, the departure of the U.K. from the EU will happen at 11 p.m., U.K. time, on Friday, March 29, 2019. That's a little less than a year away. You've had a run-up to that date by companies, corporations, and organizations that are divesting themselves, making manoeuvres, and readjusting their alignment. You have U.K. citizens who live in other parts of the EU, who are also thinking about where they're going to fit within the new relationship.
Your investigation is going to conclude in July. Whatever your recommendations will be, there will probably be further investigations. If it is determined that the Brexit result was compromised, isn't it effectively too late? The momentum, the shift, the resources, the negotiations, everything is working towards this date. With all the energy that's being consumed right now for that date, isn't it effectively too late for this inquiry's conclusions?