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Cabinet (Meetings) I associate the Liberal Democrats with the congratulations to Gordon Brown, the good wishes to Tony Blair and, of course, the condolences to the families of the soldiers who were tragically killed in Basra.
The pelagic industry is all right, notwithstanding dire threats from international negotiations. The brown crab and lobster industry is all right, if the market recovers and there is no overcatching.
That is what would happen if the committee were to accede to Mr Brown’s suggestion that we exempt common good land; that would create uncertainty and difficulties.To answer Mr Brown’s question, the justification for not exempting common good land is that we are acting on general principle here.