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Our notes mention the fact that the Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, Lewis Macdonald, visited the area in August and met local campaigners.
Should we continue the current practice, as outlined in paragraph 5—MSPs write to, e-mail, telephone or visit the clerks' office—or should we require members to submit changes on a standardised form?
Many farmers in Aberdeenshire are asking why they cannot—in a one-off movement—move the animals that are outwith the farms back to the safety of their farms. They must visit the animals twice a day and they risk spreading the disease through moving backwards and forwards across the countryside.
Tony Blair spoke about the character of that debate when he came to Scotland to visit this Parliament. Despite the invective, I am grateful to parliamentary colleagues across the party spectrum, who have exhibited dignity and decency throughout.
Much of that area is reserved, but the committee may have to consider it and then make representations on the matter to our Westminster colleagues.I hope to visit some councils for voluntary service over the recess.
I welcome not only Karen Gillon's question but also the fact that, as the local constituency member for the state hospital, she has played a constructive and effective role in liaising with the hospital and assisting the local community's relationship with the hospital.I recognise the difficult job that is done by all the staff—not only clinical staff—who work at the state hospital. I visited the state hospital recently and spent considerable time in discussions with a range of staff and patients.
There is little doubt that, given the premium price on wild salmon, some of those dormant netting stations could, if reactivated, be quite profitable in the short term—although, of course, they would be providing not rod-caught but netted salmon.
First, LFA support is only one of the support packages that farmers in Shetland and elsewhere receive. The sheep annual premium, which is a headage-based payment, is still an important source of funding and is worth as much as, if not more than, LFA support.