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The Meat and Livestock Commission and SQBLA both have resources available to help promote and market lamb. Recently, I announced that I would provide SQBLA with an extra £150,000 to help find new markets for Scottish beef and lamb.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 September 1999
The Meat and Livestock Commission and SQBLA both have resources available to help promote and market lamb. Recently, I announced that I would provide SQBLA with an extra £150,000 to help find new markets for Scottish beef and lamb.
My previous job involved health promotion and one of the unfortunate things that I have come to discover is that promoting the idea of sustainable development is much like promoting healthy behaviour.
Obviously, some of the matters are minor and inconsequential, but they are devolved to this legislature. The new body will be for England and Wales only.
Does it also take into account the problem that the brand spanking new stuff that we have created with lottery money will not be brand spanking new in 25 years if we do nothing to it?
I hope that we can hold off until May 2003. We are either expecting a new election in April 2003 or, to be serious, considering the impact for the new parliamentary session.