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Yes, but if there are not enough cattle on the ground in the first place, that system falls down. I graze cattle on the hills, so I fully understand your position, but how does not having enough numbers on the ground support the critical mass as well as high nature value farming?

I am sorry, Martin, but we are really short of time, so I turn to Vicki Swales.

I am hearing that there is general agreement across the board at a high level and that everybody agrees to the general principles, but where are the disagreements in real terms? Where are the details that are causing the difficulty, such that the process can be smooth if they are resolved?

Do you have specific research that you are looking at with regard to where the LFA policy should go? Is it based purely on rural depopulation—on keeping farmers where they are? Do you dispute the science that Vicki Swales would perhaps use?

Yes—it was the eye contact, Martin.

This is a wee diversion, but have you done any work on native versus continental when it comes to hill cattle? Is it mostly native cattle that are on the hill producing calves for fattening?

Going back to Andrew McGowan’s point, which was that your customer has to be the end decider of what you will do, should we be grading on eating quality rather than shape?

Indra, you used the word “probably” in your response to Jenni Minto. What science have you used to work out the calculations for sequestrated carbon for grazing animals on a hill setting?

If we reduce red meat intake by 20 per cent over the next 10 years, what would you replace that protein with?

What does your organisation see as Scotland’s developing post-EU agricultural and land use policy? What would a credible policy look like from a climate change perspective?