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The regulations propose a worrying reduction of ministerial powers. What is meant by "new information"? Can the Scottish ministers say that information that has been submitted to them is not new and that they will not consider it?
As such, it will be welcomed throughout Scotland, but particularly by young people. When I visit schools and receive visits from young people to the Parliament, they often raise animal welfare issues with me.
That is a preliminary paragraph. Paragraph 11 should become the new paragraph 3.Paragraph 12 should become the new paragraph 4, and should be given a bold heading on the culture of openness.
That has not been articulated as well as it should have been, and we hope that the new strategy document will provide a framework that enables that to be taken into account more effectively.
A press conference was held and the proposal received extensive coverage in the Daily Record, the News of the World, the Edinburgh Evening News and on the BBC—it received coverage throughout the country.