Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Murray Tosh): Con

The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill. Members will be aware that they require the bill as amende...

Section 7—Code of practice

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

The first group of amendments is on the code of practice: unused fish farm sites. Amendment 14, in the name of Rob Gibson, is the only amendment in the group.

Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): SNP

During stage 2, I raised the question of the way in which the approved code of conduct would act in terms of fish farms. That is a core element of part 1 of ...

The Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development (Sarah Boyack): Lab

Amendment 14 is the same as a probing amendment that Rob Gibson lodged at stage 2. I said then that the Executive's intention was to strike a balance in the ...

Rob Gibson: SNP

As the Environment and Rural Development Committee's stage 1 report suggested,"the long-term retention of sites which are left inactive is unacceptable."I ha...

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

The question is, that amendment 14 be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

There will be a division. I suspend the meeting for five minutes.

Meeting suspended.

On resuming—

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

We will proceed with the division.

ForAdam, Brian (Aberdeen North) (SNP) Baird, Shiona (North East Scotland) (Green) Ballance, Chris (South of Scotland) (Green) Ballard, Mark (Lothians) (Green...

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

The result of the division is: For 32, Against 70, Abstentions 0.

Amendment 14 disagreed to.

After section 17

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

Group 2 is on the prevention of entry into Scotland of Gyrodactylus salaris. Amendment 1, in the name of Ted Brocklebank, is grouped with amendments 1A and 15.

Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con): Con

This Parliament passes laws on all sorts of things, but only rarely can we honestly say that it is faced with an issue as important as that of Gyrodactylus s...

Alasdair Morgan (South of Scotland) (SNP): SNP

Will the member give way?

Mr McGrigor: Con

Presiding Officer, may I give way?

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

That is entirely at your discretion.

Mr McGrigor: Con

I will happily give way.

Alasdair Morgan: SNP

For the sake of other members, will Mr McGrigor explain precisely how proposed new section 5DA(1) of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937 is intended to work? How w...

Mr McGrigor: Con

Presumably, if someone came to a Scottish airport, they would declare the items there. We would not have the power to make them declare the items at a UK air...

Richard Lochhead (Moray) (SNP): SNP

I will speak to amendments 1A and 15. I agree with Jamie McGrigor, not only with regard to the fact that the Parliament makes lots of laws but on some of his...

The Minister for Environment and Rural Development (Ross Finnie): LD

I do not disagree with Jamie McGrigor's point that Gyrodactylus salaris is an extremely important disease to deal with, and the Executive has no difficulty i...

Richard Lochhead: SNP

I appreciate the fact that the minister has strong views on Ted Brocklebank's amendment. However, the SNP's amendment 1A simply asks ministers to report back...

Ross Finnie: LD

I am addressing the amendments in the order in which they were spoken to. I know that Richard Lochhead is anxious for me to respond to his amendments, but he...

The Deputy Presiding Officer: Con

Because the lead amendment is subject to amendment, we will have two winding-up speeches. Mr McGrigor will wind up the debate on amendment 1 and Mr Lochhead ...

Mr McGrigor: Con

I listened closely to what Mr Finnie said, but I still think that we should take further measures to strengthen prevention of the parasite ever reaching Scot...