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The lifting of the export ban on 1 August was a step forward, but the strictness of the EU's date- based export scheme constitutes a major and costly hurdle for Scots producers to overcome.
Overall, this group of amendments will allow the Scottish ministers suitable flexibility as to the date and time of the implementation of the smoking provisions.I move amendment 105.
I agreeāin time. The industry's experience to date has been of contamination of between 5 per cent and 60 per cent, depending on the method of collection.
I would be in favour of dealing with any new changes when they crop up, but also of identifying a date when everything would be translated into the new regime.
Minister, I will give you some time to introduce the paper and to bring us up to date on the situation. I will then open the discussion to enable committee members to ask questions.
The deadline for lodging amendments will be announced as soon as we know the exact time of stage 3, which is expected to be after the October recess. There is some time for reflection and interpretation of the Official Report.
If we examine the most recent growth figures, which were announced this week, we find that Scotland would probably be in recession without the economic performance of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh region.We must consider Scotland as a whole and must develop policies for the whole country.
However, I was assured by the minister this morning that he was trying to ensure that we would have his comments before we break for the summer recess, and I welcome that. We have spent a long time dealing with overlap, over-provision and confusion.
Of course, that was in 2005 and the guidance dates from March 2006. I am simply trying to point out that we can challenge non-compliance with statutory guidance in the courts.