Suffice as it's to say that the  negotiations did provide for extra seats for Germany in account of the additional population that accrued to Germany from the reunification of East and West Germany and er  er at the same time the opportunity was taken to allot some extra seats to some other countries er which erm bore in mind  er more closely than before, the respective differences in population sizes of the various countries that make up the community, er the two special committees that I referred to Mr Deputy Speaker, were set up in July nineteen ninety three.