Chairman, can I say  briefly that  the merger and I'm quite pleased that we've finally  er  there is a death knell to this this awful word, it's been bandied on for far too long, it's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues  and  no one here  would not admit  er to the fact that  it has been opposed on such massive scale  and even today we've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing  er this this this dreadful merger  decision that was hanging over the er  the the two centres  and I'm pleased that  er this this er amendment, this er  er erm  this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and  and those that we shouldn't.