Chamber and committees

I just wanted to put the issue on the record, given that the draft MOU talks about

“success evaluation and delivery mechanisms such as the use of common IT platforms.”

Perhaps it is something that we need to watch for the future.

Thank you for your reassurance that that will not happen again, but ministers are accountable. What is in the joint fisheries statement to prevent that—God forbid—happening again?

I have a follow-up question for Elspeth Macdonald on the total allowable catch. The UK advocates an evidence-based approach to managing stocks. What is the reality of that? Is that approach fair and balanced in the quota exchanges?

In the light of the recent calamitous Scottish Government process for seasonal closures on the Clyde, what can you say to reassure the fishing industry that participatory decision making, in the spirit of the joint fisheries statement, will be followed? How does the Government intend to do that?

Elspeth, are there any examples from across the globe of good co-management?

We are under a bit of time pressure, but I want to pick up on how we monitor the effectiveness of decision making. Does Professor Harrison have any views on that?

In that case, please answer the first question.

Is there the potential to have a tolerance if what is proposed is impractical according to the feedback, which we obviously have to wait for?

I was going to ask the same question.

I just want clarification from the minister about why the Scottish Government has chosen to go along with the same policy as the UK. I believe that there is an issue with the supply of some of the material for organic pullets. Every time we consider legislation, there is never an explanation why the Scottish Government has chosen not to take a different route from the rest of the UK.