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There is no point in creating unit efficiencies if we still go on to produce and emit more greenhouse gases, so we need express limits for nitrogen, methane and carbon dioxide. We want a greening menu from 2022 and general reduction contracts with farms.
Well, I am now saying that the consultation lasted a month over the summer holidays. From your time in government, can you give us examples of consultations that were held for a month during the summer holidays on such a substantial issue?
That takes me to the committee’s work to date. In January, we agreed that we needed to understand what we were dealing with—what exactly preventative spend and preventative expenditure are.
That said, I understand that there is a difference in the ROS data with regard to date of entry and date of registration and that that might cause a lag.
In writing, we have the option to pose questions or to ask to be kept up to date. If the committee is not content with the proposal, we can make a series of recommendations.
My officials continue to work with the Trussell Trust and, along with it agreeing to capture data from its food banks, they are working with the trust to help it to understand that information.
The Scottish Government does not routinely collect information on food banks. However, we are aware that the Trussell Trust, a key provider of food aid in the UK, is operating 17 food banks in Scotland with a further 18 in development.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the (a) Bank of England and (b) UK Government regarding the representation that a Scotland separated from the rest of the UK would seek to have on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee.
It is therefore essential that we support strategic companies but that there is a structured way to do that. The banks obviously have a role to play in that as well.