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If Oliver Mundell is keen to support local newspapers, I do not think that the decision yesterday will necessarily be the best thing for local newspapers. I think that they would have received more from the £3 million of support for advertising.
The Government needs explicit data sets to help us to best understand agriculture. Steven Thomson talked earlier about collecting lots of data in agriculture and there are obviously important reasons why we do that.
As a result, the Scottish Government decided that the best option was to bring forward a bill to the Scottish Parliament, and that bill is the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill, which we are discussing today.
For some individuals, a formal interview would be off-putting and intimidating. Not everybody performs to their best in those. The consultation closes tomorrow and then there will be interviews.
As Rosalind McInnes says, historically, law has evolved over time that is maybe not the best. There is a chance to clarify, amend and address issues that are problematic not necessarily because of the web.
Let me clarify my views on hydrogen in the gas grid. The best way to tackle the heat issue is to come at it from the heat pump side and the heat network side.
Historically, we have had a system that is based on the idea that, if a person lacks insight into their condition, we have to take decisions for them. We decide what is best for them, and they just have to take it.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
When the Crofting Commission gave evidence to the Committee on 24 September 2025, the chief executive told the Committee he was “very much in favour” of the Bill as it constitutes a ‘tidy-up’ exercise in a number of areas which were “problematic and were probably not best thought out when they were written” or a result of dated legislation so some provision...