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When it comes to the Scottish Government, as David Eiser said, we cannot miss the context of the agency being brand new and just taking its first steps on new benefits.
The campaign website, www.managingourwaste.scot, provides householders with a range of guidance and received more than 45,000 visits in its first week. Local authority websites continue to provide the very latest updates on local service changes.
That was not possible in the US, as the Americans would not accept it. I remember the US authorities in New Jersey and New York saying that they were fed up to the back teeth of people trying to export to the US who did not have regard to their certification and standards.
I think it could be going more quickly, which will not be news to the committee—I would not have introduced a new code of practice if that were not the case.