I'd like to focus on one of the issues in dispute that is particularly acute and sensitive, namely the price of supply.
If we want to insist on a policy aimed at encouraging companies, on a truly voluntary basis, to switch to value-added, we need to review the royalty method we demand from companies.
I have proposed, on several occasions, a reversal of the way things are done. Since fibre is so precious, we should adopt an approach whereby the less it is processed, the more it costs. This would encourage companies that want to reduce their supply costs to develop higher value-added niches, which—