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It is suggested that we might ask about the delay in the implementation of Council directive 98/58/EC and the fact that no commencement date has been given.
We have been advised that the regulations also contain a small degree of gold plating. I believe that means that the regulations go slightly further in Scots law than incorporation of the EU regulations, as is necessary under the directive, requires. We might refer the point to the lead committee, which might consider whether gold plating—a controversial topic—is appropriate and necessary in this case.
The regulations highlight the point that simple souls who thought that they knew what a pig or some other seemingly ordinary thing was, are wrong and that such things require lengthy definitions. That emphasises the degree to which regulation is self-serving.
I thought that Tories knew all about pigs.
Oh, convener.
That is rather near the line.
They are all just snouts in the trough.
Convener, I feel that I am being picked upon. In respect of my colleagues, the term battery cage springs to mind.