I recognise—and have always recognised—that we did things differently in Scotland, but we must consider the process closely to understand whether we were just fortunate that the disease arose in an area in which the convener of the council was a farmer and understood the real significance that the outbreak could have for Dumfries and Galloway or that because the area had endured one of the greatest peacetime disasters in the UK, it already had strong emergency planning procedures in place and had built a command...