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I emphasise again the fact that exceptional will mean exceptional. What you said earlier was correct: the definition of what is exceptional will develop through what the courts say.
Global recognition of the extent of agriculture's contribution to GHG emissions is required, as is quantification of how its contribution compares to that of other emission sources.
Obviously, the Welsh experience has not produced any comparable figures.Secondly, the evidence seems to show that maximising the number of chronic conditions that are exempt would cost about two thirds of the cost of complete abolition.
How we are perceived by other countries is very important, but we must also consider what other countries of comparable size, such as Ireland, do to promote themselves.