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He spoke of the opportunity in the Scottish Government’s action plan later this year and the hope that that plan takes account of the committee’s recommendations.
Such criteria meant that we could be flexible but kept accountable. That has allowed us to improve the sector over the past two years, and we cannot allow that to go backwards.
The route map is not much comfort to farmers because it is not structured enough to allow them to take seasonality into account. They need to plan ahead five or 10 years, particularly for breeding patterns and crop rotations.
It is important to note that we have more fully defined “safety” in our regulations to take into account developed case law. That is intended to ensure that our case managers understand clearly how the criteria are supposed to be applied.
The cabinet secretary has laid out an ambitious plan in it. I aim to hold him robustly to account and, where I can, to push him further to do everything possible to support Scotland’s health and wellbeing to bounce back from the pandemic.