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Sarah Heyward: It would be quite interesting to have a get a spread and maybe some benchmarks, you know, if it's possible for me to kind of get in touch with you and just get some benchmarks for that for my project.
I do not think that it will be ready to proceed until the GFG Alliance can get a global refinancing completed, and it needs to get that done with its three major creditors.
This is not about punishment; it is about nudges that will get the system moving so that a case does not sit for 60, 70, 100 or 200 days with us as we wait to get the file.
Our position over the past couple of years has always been that support should go only to active farming. However, if we do not give support to inactive farming, the money simply stays in Brussels; we cannot call it down and are therefore not able to transfer it from inactive to active farming.
A whistleblower might well be what is required. By getting information from those organisations, we will get a better flavour of how the process is working.
It is so difficult to change culture, but getting into that hard space in order to help people and give them the opportunities to get involved in, and improve, the system, and be part of the solution, is critical.
When you look at the end of the previous Scottish parliamentary election, when we were finally allowed to go out, get involved and get back to some form of normal campaigning, we managed to get things moving and deliver leaflets.
., the legal ability) to do certain things – like provide funding for land management activities. It also requires them to do certain things, such as set out a plan for how they will provide funding for land managers.
., the legal ability) to do certain things – like provide funding for land management activities. It also requires them to do certain things, such as set out a plan for how they will provide funding for land managers.