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I was somewhat surprised to hear that the news had been conveyed in a private letter to the president of NFU Scotland and that no attempt had been made to draw that information—which amounts to a U-turn in Government policy—to MSPs' attention.
He may recall that his colleagues said that Gordon Brown's tax grab would have no impact on Scotland, yet the Government's own agency, Scottish Enterprise, says that it could leave an £800 million hole in the Scottish economy.
An annex to it goes through the key findings and recommendations and what the Executive is doing or thinks.I invite members and then the Audit Scotland team to comment on the response.
We also set out a range of actions for regional planning groups, and a Health Department letter will be sent to the relevant parts of the NHS in Scotland to reinforce which actions we expect to be done by which specific dates.
That is fine.Also on page 12, under the heading, "Proposed changes to the Sugar regime", is the comment:"A contentious issue for several Member States but of limited significance in Scotland."That is certainly not the case.
Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring it has carried out of the implementation of the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 since its enactment one year ago.
I appreciate that the legal briefing says that the requirement is in the Scotland Act 1998, but what is the rationale for Treasury consent in the circumstance of the regulations?