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I think that one of the recommendations that Professor Griggs made was about licensing and its going directly into the communities.

I have a quick question. Can you update us on progress on the carbon neutral islands project?

I am interested in what you said about how you have been working with farmers through the ARIOB and about the way forward and working with them to find out their views on the various areas. Can you contrast that with the situation south of the border?

I was thinking about the Clyde. We are one year into the change following the decision about that area, and I was wondering whether you could give us any information about that.

Like Ms Hamilton, I met and spoke to lots of farmers and crofters over the summer—in my case, they were west coast farmers and crofters. How can you ensure that the different types of farming and crofting across Scotland are supported by that process?

I wonder whether I should move on to the aquaculture questions.

How are the new technologies in the industry progressing?

I am interested in how you consult island communities to understand exactly what they need. Like Ms Wishart, I have had a large volume of emails from islanders who are concerned about the rocketing price of fuel. They tend to use fuel oil, on which there is no cap. How do you listen to what islanders need, and how are you getting such information into your systems?

Mr Anderson, in the point that you made in response to Dr Allan’s question about the way you think things should move forward, you twice referenced the 12 suggestions that you have made and you went on to expand on how you could bring some pragmatic solutions to issues. I am interested to hear a bit more about how you think businesses could be more involved in the process.

That is helpful. The idea might be to treat everything consistently, but some areas are working well changes that are made could throw up other issues and have unintended consequences. Mr Billington, do you have anything to add?