To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement by John Home Robertson on 6 September 1999, what progress has been made in introducing the #3 million per annum support funding to the salmon farming industry being handled by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and when will the terms of the support scheme be made clear to salmon farmers. Details of the scheme to assist fish and shellfish farmers directly affected by Infectious Salmon Anaemia were announced by HIE on 7 October.