My Lords, I always listen carefully at Question Time. But I do not answer for the noble Lord, Lord Barnett. I answer for Her Majesty's Government. I should have been disappointed had the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart of Swindon, not come up with a bovine reference of some kind. Research has been done into injuries which have resulted in fatalities through the use of bull-bars.
Current research tends to indicate that the figure is rather lower than was originally supposed.
It is not in the realm of hundreds but is a much smaller figure. Bull-bars have many useful purposes. There are many items that one can tie to them, including a balloon, if one so wishes, when there is no other way of raising it to the sky. My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his helpful advice on ballooning matters. There are a number of legitimate uses for bull-bars.