Chairperson and members, for the record, it is important to say that in the select committee we received thorough briefings by the Department of Trade and Industry and the memorandum that these treaties refer to. The staff people from the department who presented this to us are in the House and we want to thank them as well. [Applause.]
Chairperson, One of the most important treaties for actors is the Beijing Treaty, which acknowledges the intellectual properly rights of performers, particularly actors, with regard to their audiovisual performances on films and television.