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We can call on various advisory committees to provide extra advice. The limits are possibly going to be different from those in other countries, as you are using UK-based evidence and UK-based population requirements.
Why has time not been allowed for scientists to assess the results of those extra conservation measures and the enormous fall in fishing effort before this new, draconian, unnecessary and inexplicable measure is allowed to ruin Scottish fishing?
I presume that one would normally be told what the sentence was for the offence and then what the subsequent extra bit was for the aggravation. We might run into difficulties if a sheriff was already about to impose the maximum possible sentence.
The money will come from the same source that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has just announced he will use. He is going to borrow an extra £20 billion. That is the way to pay for public services.
It would be interesting to hear a little about the size and structure of the Lands Tribunal. Our evidence is that extra work may be coming in your direction.
It can take three months to get a relatively straightforward job under way. Section 28 would add an extra 28 days to that, which would mean that it could take four months to get a job off the ground instead of two or three months.
Issues have arisen around the age limit in section 43. The age limit seems to be an extra impediment to clarification so, if the intention is to clarify existing law, would it not be easier simply not to mention an age limit?
As the convener will recall, I was also able to provide an extra capital allocation of £2 million to the SABRIs in 2001-02 from end-year flexibility resources.The plans for fisheries in 2003-04 now exclude the £3.4 million provided under spending review 2000 for the replacement fishery protection vessel.