Thank you, Chair.
Rhetoric doesn't change reality, and regardless, we look at the security that was involved in this. Frankly, it was an outstanding success, full stop. I still believe that had there been serious injury, the hue and cry from around this table, or even around the country, you might say, would have been very different. Again, I don't apologize for offering sincere compliments to all the forces that were involved, including my own London force and others that were involved.
I have a question for you. I want to keep this to the budget components if I can. It's important to remember who the good guys are in all of this, and in terms of the vandals and those who burned police cars and those who broke windows and disadvantaged our shopkeepers and others, we were all horrified when we saw that level of disgusting violence. Frankly, it was minimal, but it was disgusting nonetheless.
The chair asked the question as to whether the $2 million of damages was included in your budget. Would shopkeepers have any legal recourse against these convicted vandals from a civil suit for the damage they had caused against the shops? Are you aware of that?