1. Response to the consultation 1.1 Introduction In December 2020 the NDA published its draft Business Plan 2021 to 24. Our consultation on the plan ran for 8 weeks, from 7 December 2020 to 1 February 2021. We are conscious that the timing of our annual Business Plan consultation may cause difficulties for some stakeholders wanting to respond, but we are constrained to the current planned period due to the timing of seeking consultation responses and following the required approvals process. We will continue to review and improve the consultation process within the current constraints. Consultees were able to respond by email or by post. The consultation ran in accordance…