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It is, frankly, delusional.A Labour colleague of the First Minister, Pat Watters of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, summed it up best when he said:"Jack is speaking in a vacuum."
TheExecutive has considered the interests and needs of all Scottish farmers, includingthose in the west Highlands, when deciding how best to implement the new CommonAgricultural Policy arrangements.
I think that we should await the outcome of the consultation, and the members of the Parliament will determine how best we deal with public appointments.
I will not read it out then.It is unfortunate that the news came as late as it did. We could have covered other issues, since this was a non-bill meeting.