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The idea is to try to create a fire-break around those areas and so slow down the progress of the disease.On 26 March, we introduced the policy of also slaughtering all stock at premises contiguous to—that is, next to—infected premises.
In every primary school that I have visited in my constituency, the teachers speak with pride about the introduction of classroom assistants and the difference that they are making to education in those schools.
However, in Aberdeenshire, there might be a specific local problem that has to be taken into account, in the same way as the 26 inhabited islands have to be taken into account in Argyll and Bute.
Ironically, the route of the M74 northern extension straddles a railway line for most of its length. A site visit might have helped to establish that.The route is littered with toxic waste.