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We have obligations according to the legislation that was passed by the Scottish Parliament just before the summer recess—the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024—that mean that we must have cognisance of and regard to the climate change plan and the policies in it as we develop our rural support plan.
The SNP claimed that the 2020 act would green-light the UK Government to halt progress in the setting of regulations and standards, but, to date, there has been no rollback on regulations.
Will you outline the Scottish Government’s activities in that area to date and anything that is planned? As Mr MacDonald knows more than most, the seas around Scotland’s shores are an enormous asset to the country.
I think that that will be on 19 November. If I need to change that date, I will write to the committee to correct it, but I am pretty certain that it is 19 November.
You will have to do that in order to get to net zero carbon by 2050, let alone by an earlier target date. It is essential that agriculture and transport be parts of that.
It could even be investment to make sure that our pubs not only are up to date with maintenance and compliant with regulations, but are competitive and have a good offer to put to their customers.
A key aspect of the role of link workers, for example, is ensuring that they know exactly what is available in their area, building relationships with providers and keeping a rolling, up-to-date catalogue of what they can refer patients to.
They have to do the walk-around checks to make sure that the maintenance side of things is up-to-date. I am interested in the levy that is put on lorries and freight.
Once that happens, all the evidence that Alison Keir and the rest of us have talked about will be repeatedly referred to when decisions are being made. That evidence will be up to date and it will not be overshadowed by unfortunate wrong beliefs and attitudes about AHPs.