Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2001 (SSI 2001/52)
We asked questions about the order and have received clarification from the Executive. All that we need to do is draw that to the relevant committee's attention.
We also received a response from the Executive regarding grammatical and typographical errors in instruments. We are glad to note that it is endeavouring to achieve the highest possible standards of grammar and typography. We welcome that. We do not wish to be hard on the Executive; we simply try to keep it abreast of how we view matters.
We may save some time on instruments not laid before the Parliament, as they include foot-and-mouth disease declaratory orders. As we said, we do not think that they should be statutory instruments. When typographical matters arise, I understand that a method is in place by which the information that we receive is intimated to the Executive, so we can probably save time and effort.
I may be completely wrong, but have we made a small typographical booboo? Pages 1 and 2 of the pink private paper that the committee received talk about the HFCA, which should be the HFAC.
That paper is a briefing, not a matter of parliamentary record.
So long as we do not show people that we make mistakes.
That is right. We can hide our mistakes.