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I want to refer to Janis Hughes's earlier comments, as she misunderstood my point when she drew an analogy with medicine; I was talking about money and profit, not medicine.
For example, the timing of sea-lice treatment on farms and reducing the number of escapees are absolutely vital. Consents for the use of medicines such as Slice are far too slow.
It shocked me to see bombed-out houses and children without food and medicines. I would certainly be happy to lodge a motion along the lines that you have described, if you would like me to.
For goodness' sake, a pupil who wants to study medicine but does not have a pass in higher chemistry can never take up the course because they do not have the requisite qualifications.
Inspecting the animals is only one part of what needs to be done. We also need to look at medicines. There is concern about the fact that the quantities of medicines that are used on farms are not recorded.