To ask the Scottish Executive on what evidence the statement by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development during the Members' Business debate on Scottish Whisky (Water Framework Directive) on 2 May 2001 that "SEPA advises that over-abstraction by industry and agriculture causes environmental problems in some parts of Scotland at certain times of the year" (Official Report, col. 317) was based and in which parts of Scotland this over-abstraction has occurred.