The first point I would make, and it's the point I opened with, is that we can have that discussion. If the government would like to discuss efficiencies and issues with respect to the current linkage regime, we're certainly open to that.
The fundamental issue for us is that the right of appeal is about fairness; one side has it and one side doesn't. As a starting point, everyone should have right of appeal. Now, in order to obtain the right of appeal, should we be forced to trade off some other substantive right? I think our position is clearly that we should not.
If we want to discuss the inefficiencies and issues with the linkage regime, I think there are obviously issues on both sides, and I highlighted a number of issues in my opening address. This is not simply a generic issue; it's an innovative issue as well. The fundamental point is that there shouldn't be any trade-offs in the current linkage regime to achieve the right of appeal for innovators.
If we want to have a discussion about some of the improvements that can be made to the regime as it currently exists, we're certainly open to that, but we're certainly not open to trading off rights that we have at the moment against the right of appeal.