Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2001 (SSI 2001/52)
Matters arise in relation to the order. We should ensure that no significant problems return to haunt an industry that has enough problems and that we do not fail to address such problems.
As long as the Executive is satisfied that matters are addressed, the questions of why section 2 of the Animal Health Act 1981 is not referred to in the preamble, why article 35B refers to "declarations" rather than "regulations" and why there is an absence of an Executive note, may be regarded as a result of work being done in a hurry. If that is the case, I think that we can forgive the Executive. We should perhaps clarify that the other matters will not cause problems in respect of the enforcement of the regulations.