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Yesterday, we spent a whole morning giving more than 100 establishments—nurseries, primary schools and as many as half a dozen out of 26 high schools—bronze, silver and gold awards for the promotion of healthy eating.
She said:"My heart aches for A.J. when I think of the hurdles he will have to face in the future but we will be there for him to help him over the hurdles.
That is not quite my recollection, but the point I went on to make was whether future secondary legislation will receive the same level of scrutiny as the bill received.
I am sure that the minister will accept that working dog breeders who have their puppies' tails docked do so not out of any desire to hurt the animals but to prevent future injury to those animals. Is that fair to say?
Therefore, the amendment in the name of Richard Lochhead falls.The next question is, that motion S2M-3870, in the name of Alex Johnstone, on future energy policy, as amended, be agreed to.
Until the resources and programmes are put in place to do that, the motion—and any other proposals about registers, supervision orders and so on—will be nothing but sticking-plaster solutions.I know that the minister will want to see progress made on that in future and I look forward to him responding positively to my suggestions.
Today is not the day to discuss that, but I thought it only fair to tell the minister that we hope to discuss it with him in a fortnight.To discuss the future role of the programme management executives, I welcome Jack McConnell, the Minister for Finance.