Livestock Improvement Scheme (PE748) PE748, by Netta MacKenzie, calls on the Parliament to urge the Executive to retain the livestock improvement scheme that the Crofters Commission administers on behalf of the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department.At its meeting on 29 June 2004, the committee agreed to seek comments from the Minister for Environment and Rural Development before formally referring the petition to the Environment and Rural Development Committee for further consideration.The Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development's response states:"On 5 April 2004, Allan Wilson announced that the Livestock Improvement Schemes (LIS) were to close, and a replacement scheme, offering a new...