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I will wrap my two general questions into one—they are similar to the questions that I asked earlier. I also have an extra question. First, were you content with the Scottish Executive's consultation on the bill?
If a new bail order was required in every such case, that would lead to a huge amount of extra work in the system.Having said that, we are prepared to explore the idea.
That debate cropped up during stage 1. The bill will give ministers extra powers to slaughter not only infected animals but any animal that they see fit to slaughter, which could include wild animals or companion animals.
People are over-optimistic, mainly because they do not budget in the first place and they convince themselves that they can take on an extra loan because they want a holiday or a car.
That competition significantly affected the contractor's cash flow, so in part the extra payments that went to NorthLink were to cover elements for which it should have borne the risk.