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However, on your specific question, it is not the treaty that lays down the common fisheries policy, the quotas and so on— It is the acquis communautaire.
The bill will not change that; the change in the bill is that the ministerial discretion will be the subject of greater accountability to the Parliament than has ever existed before.
As we said in the submission, in such a situation we have to take into account the intention at the time of planting and how the trees have been managed.
Are you content with the arrangements for the carbon accounting scheme? We have recommended that the committee approve the carbon accounting instrument.
I want to follow up on the individual learning accounts. The expenditure is only some 9 per cent of what was anticipated at the spring budget revision, so there has been a significant lack of uptake of individual learning accounts.