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I saw a presentation from a company called Bartlett’s at an event that I attended with the Royal Bank of Scotland. That company demonstrated how the soil quality of individual fields is analysed in order to get the best yield of potatoes.
It is appropriate that the staff of the SCS should benefit from the additional holiday for which the St Andrew's Day BankHoliday (Scotland) Act 2007 provides, as is the position for other public servants.
The plan will drive the work forward and we aim to have it in place by April 2022. As I said earlier, I expect the first of a number of detailed consultations on the regulations to take place later this year.
The regulations extend the expiry date of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 from 31 January 2021 to 31 March 2021.
In line with the CCC’s recommendation that disposal of certain biodegradable waste streams to landfill should be banned by 2025, we have set a date of 31 December 2025 in legislation, but we expect significant progress to be made ahead of that date.
The purpose of the Labour amendment is to recognise the positives of our approach to date, and to highlight the importance of meaningful consultation as part of the Government’s review.
There are a couple of historical systemic or structural issues, which I suggest Stephanie Phillips explains to you. I will give a more up-to-date sense of what we are doing at the moment.