diff --git a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs
index 582feeb132..8aec09d076 100644
--- a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ mod handle_incoming;
 mod round_robin;
 mod table;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub mod tests;
+
 /// Context necessary for agreement.
 pub trait Context: Send + Clone {
 	/// A validator ID
@@ -78,6 +81,12 @@ pub trait Context: Send + Clone {
 	/// data is checked.
 	type CheckAvailability: IntoFuture<Item=bool>;
 
+	/// The statement batch type.
+	type StatementBatch: StatementBatch<
+		Self::ValidatorId,
+		table::SignedStatement<Self::ParachainCandidate, Self::Digest, Self::ValidatorId, Self::Signature>,
+	>;
+
 	/// Get the digest of a candidate.
 	fn candidate_digest(candidate: &Self::ParachainCandidate) -> Self::Digest;
 
@@ -128,12 +137,14 @@ pub trait Context: Send + Clone {
 pub trait TypeResolve {
 	type SignedTableStatement;
 	type BftCommunication;
+	type BftCommitted;
 	type Misbehavior;
 }
 
 impl<C: Context> TypeResolve for C {
 	type SignedTableStatement = table::SignedStatement<C::ParachainCandidate, C::Digest, C::ValidatorId, C::Signature>;
 	type BftCommunication = bft::Communication<C::Proposal, C::Digest, C::ValidatorId, C::Signature>;
+	type BftCommitted = bft::Committed<C::Proposal,C::Digest,C::Signature>;
 	type Misbehavior = table::Misbehavior<C::ParachainCandidate, C::Digest, C::ValidatorId, C::Signature>;
 }
 
@@ -318,6 +329,11 @@ impl<C: Context> SharedTable<C> {
 		self.inner.lock().table.get_misbehavior().clone()
 	}
 
+	/// Fill a statement batch.
+	pub fn fill_batch(&self, batch: &mut C::StatementBatch) {
+		self.inner.lock().table.fill_batch(batch);
+	}
+
 	// Get a handle to the table context.
 	fn context(&self) -> &TableContext<C> {
 		&*self.context
@@ -425,8 +441,6 @@ pub struct AgreementParams<C: Context> {
 	pub message_buffer_size: usize,
 	/// Interval to attempt forming proposals over.
 	pub form_proposal_interval: Duration,
-	/// Interval to create table statement packets over.
-	pub table_broadcast_interval: Duration,
 }
 
 /// Recovery for messages
@@ -435,6 +449,19 @@ pub trait MessageRecovery<C: Context> {
 	fn check_message(&self, UncheckedMessage) -> Option<CheckedMessage<C>>;
 }
 
+/// A batch of statements to send out.
+pub trait StatementBatch<V, T> {
+	/// Get the target authorities of these statements.
+	fn targets(&self) -> &[V];
+
+	/// Push a statement onto the batch. Returns false when the batch is full.
+	///
+	/// This is meant to do work like incrementally serializing the statements
+	/// into a vector of bytes while making sure the length is below a certain
+	/// amount.
+	fn push(&mut self, statement: T) -> bool;
+}
+
 /// Recovered and fully checked messages.
 pub enum CheckedMessage<C: Context> {
 	/// Messages meant for the BFT agreement logic.
@@ -443,19 +470,42 @@ pub enum CheckedMessage<C: Context> {
 	Table(Vec<<C as TypeResolve>::SignedTableStatement>),
 }
 
+/// Outgoing messages to the network.
+pub enum OutgoingMessage<C: Context> {
+	/// Messages meant for BFT agreement peers.
+	Bft(<C as TypeResolve>::BftCommunication),
+	/// Batches of table statements.
+	Table(C::StatementBatch),
+}
+
 /// Create an agreement future, and I/O streams.
-pub fn agree<C, I, O, R, E>(params: AgreementParams<C>, net_in: I, net_out: O, recovery: R)
-	-> Box<Future<Item=bft::Committed<C::Proposal,C::Digest,C::Signature>,Error=Error>>
+// TODO: kill 'static bounds and use impl Future.
+pub fn agree<
+	Context,
+	NetIn,
+	NetOut,
+	Recovery,
+	PropagateStatements,
+	Err,
+>(
+	params: AgreementParams<Context>,
+	net_in: NetIn,
+	net_out: NetOut,
+	recovery: Recovery,
+	propagate_statements: PropagateStatements,
+)
+	-> Box<Future<Item=<Context as TypeResolve>::BftCommitted,Error=Error>>
 	where
-		C: Context + 'static,
-		C::CheckCandidate: IntoFuture<Error=E>,
-		C::CheckAvailability: IntoFuture<Error=E>,
-		I: Stream<Item=(C::ValidatorId, Vec<UncheckedMessage>),Error=E> + 'static,
-		O: Sink<SinkItem=CheckedMessage<C>> + 'static,
-		R: MessageRecovery<C> + 'static,
+		Context: ::Context + 'static,
+		Context::CheckCandidate: IntoFuture<Error=Err>,
+		Context::CheckAvailability: IntoFuture<Error=Err>,
+		NetIn: Stream<Item=(Context::ValidatorId, Vec<UncheckedMessage>),Error=Err> + 'static,
+		NetOut: Sink<SinkItem=OutgoingMessage<Context>> + 'static,
+		Recovery: MessageRecovery<Context> + 'static,
+		PropagateStatements: Stream<Item=Context::StatementBatch,Error=Err> + 'static,
 {
 	let (bft_in_in, bft_in_out) = mpsc::unbounded();
-	let (bft_out_in, bft_out_out) = mpsc::unbounded::<bft::ContextCommunication<BftContext<C>>>();
+	let (bft_out_in, bft_out_out) = mpsc::unbounded();
 
 	let agreement = {
 		let bft_context = BftContext {
@@ -489,14 +539,16 @@ pub fn agree<C, I, O, R, E>(params: AgreementParams<C>, net_in: I, net_out: O, r
 
 
 	let route_messages_out = {
-		let periodic_table_statements = params.timer.interval(params.table_broadcast_interval)
-			.map_err(|_| Error::FaultyTimer)
-			.map(|()| unimplemented!()); // create table statements to send. but to _who_ and how many?
+		let table = params.table.clone();
+		let periodic_table_statements = propagate_statements
+			.or_else(|_| ::futures::future::empty()) // halt the stream instead of error.
+			.map(move |mut batch| { table.fill_batch(&mut batch); batch })
+			.map(OutgoingMessage::Table);
 
 		let complete_out_stream = bft_out_out
 			.map_err(|_| Error::IoTerminated)
 			.map(|bft::ContextCommunication(x)| x)
-			.map(CheckedMessage::Bft)
+			.map(OutgoingMessage::Bft)
 			.select(periodic_table_statements);
 
 		net_out.sink_map_err(|_| Error::IoTerminated).send_all(complete_out_stream)
diff --git a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/table.rs b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/table.rs
index fe48c3ca37..2e322761b6 100644
--- a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/table.rs
+++ b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/table.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use std::collections::hash_map::{HashMap, Entry};
 use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
+use super::StatementBatch;
+
 /// Context for the statement table.
 pub trait Context {
 	/// A validator ID
@@ -238,6 +240,15 @@ struct ValidatorData<C: Context> {
 	known_statements: HashSet<StatementTrace<C::ValidatorId, C::Digest>>,
 }
 
+impl<C: Context> Default for ValidatorData<C> {
+	fn default() -> Self {
+		ValidatorData {
+			proposal: None,
+			known_statements: HashSet::default(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /// Stores votes
 pub struct Table<C: Context> {
 	validator_data: HashMap<C::ValidatorId, ValidatorData<C>>,
@@ -369,6 +380,120 @@ impl<C: Context> Table<C> {
 		&self.detected_misbehavior
 	}
 
+	/// Fill a statement batch and note messages seen by the targets.
+	pub fn fill_batch<B>(&mut self, batch: &mut B)
+		where B: StatementBatch<
+			C::ValidatorId,
+			SignedStatement<C::Candidate, C::Digest, C::ValidatorId, C::Signature>,
+		>
+	{
+		// naively iterate all statements so far, taking any that
+		// at least one of the targets has not seen.
+
+		// workaround for the fact that it's inconvenient to borrow multiple
+		// entries out of a hashmap mutably -- we just move them out and
+		// replace them when we're done.
+		struct SwappedTargetData<'a, C: 'a + Context> {
+			validator_data: &'a mut HashMap<C::ValidatorId, ValidatorData<C>>,
+			target_data: Vec<(C::ValidatorId, ValidatorData<C>)>,
+		}
+
+		impl<'a, C: 'a + Context> Drop for SwappedTargetData<'a, C> {
+			fn drop(&mut self) {
+				for (id, data) in self.target_data.drain(..) {
+					self.validator_data.insert(id, data);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// pre-fetch authority data for all the targets.
+		let mut target_data = {
+			let validator_data = &mut self.validator_data;
+			let mut target_data = Vec::with_capacity(batch.targets().len());
+			for target in batch.targets() {
+				let active_data = match validator_data.get_mut(target) {
+					None => Default::default(),
+					Some(x) => ::std::mem::replace(x, Default::default()),
+				};
+
+				target_data.push((target.clone(), active_data));
+			}
+
+			SwappedTargetData {
+				validator_data,
+				target_data
+			}
+		};
+
+		let target_data = &mut target_data.target_data;
+
+		macro_rules! attempt_send {
+			($trace:expr, sender=$sender:expr, sig=$sig:expr, statement=$statement:expr) => {{
+				let trace = $trace;
+				let can_send = target_data.iter()
+					.any(|t| t.1.known_statements.contains(&trace));
+
+				if can_send {
+					let statement = SignedStatement {
+						statement: $statement,
+						signature: $sig,
+						sender: $sender,
+					};
+
+					if batch.push(statement) {
+						for target in target_data.iter_mut() {
+							target.1.known_statements.insert(trace.clone());
+						}
+					} else {
+						return;
+					}
+				}
+			}}
+		}
+
+		// reconstruct statements for anything whose trace passes the filter.
+		for (digest, candidate) in self.candidate_votes.iter() {
+			for (sender, vote) in candidate.validity_votes.iter() {
+				match *vote {
+					ValidityVote::Issued(ref sig) => {
+						attempt_send!(
+							StatementTrace::Candidate(sender.clone()),
+							sender = sender.clone(),
+							sig = sig.clone(),
+							statement = Statement::Candidate(candidate.candidate.clone())
+						)
+					}
+					ValidityVote::Valid(ref sig) => {
+						attempt_send!(
+							StatementTrace::Valid(sender.clone(), digest.clone()),
+							sender = sender.clone(),
+							sig = sig.clone(),
+							statement = Statement::Valid(digest.clone())
+						)
+					}
+					ValidityVote::Invalid(ref sig) => {
+						attempt_send!(
+							StatementTrace::Invalid(sender.clone(), digest.clone()),
+							sender = sender.clone(),
+							sig = sig.clone(),
+							statement = Statement::Invalid(digest.clone())
+						)
+					}
+				}
+			};
+
+
+			for (sender, sig) in candidate.availability_votes.iter() {
+				attempt_send!(
+					StatementTrace::Available(sender.clone(), digest.clone()),
+					sender = sender.clone(),
+					sig = sig.clone(),
+					statement = Statement::Available(digest.clone())
+				)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	fn note_trace_seen(&mut self, trace: StatementTrace<C::ValidatorId, C::Digest>, known_by: C::ValidatorId) {
 		self.validator_data.entry(known_by).or_insert_with(|| ValidatorData {
 			proposal: None,
diff --git a/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/tests/mod.rs b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/tests/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4f5532fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substrate/candidate-agreement/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Polkadot.
+
+// Polkadot is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Polkadot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Polkadot.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+//! Tests and test helpers for the candidate agreement.
+
+const VALIDITY_CHECK_DELAY_MS: isize = 400;
+const AVAILABILITY_CHECK_DELAY_MS: isize = 200;
+
+use super::*;