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That brings us to the end of our questions. I thank the witnesses very much for joining us. It has been really helpful and insightful to hear the strong thread around, and plea for, equality, among the other things that we covered.

I briefly suspend the meeting to allow for a changeover of witnesses.

That brings us to the end of our questions. Is there anything that you want to add that we have not covered? It appears not—our questions have covered it all. That is great.

Thank you so much for joining us today. It was really very helpful to get more insight into the nuances of the issues that we need to look at and be aware of.

I will suspend the meeting briefly to allow a changeover of witnesses.

Thanks very much for that perspective. We are now going to go into a bit more detail on the bill. I will bring in Willie Coffey.

Thanks, James. We would welcome being kept informed about that project. Gilly, do you have anything to add?

Thank you for that detail. I have another question. I will start with you, Paul, and you can see who you might need to bring in after that. I am interested to understand why you decided on the relatively limited scope of the amendment order, particularly given the on-going concerns, which you and Jessica Niven have mentioned, that the industry has expressed about the impact of the licensing regime.

I have mentioned the growing use of cleaner fish. I would be interested in understanding the regulatory implications that that has for SEPA, as well as what data SEPA is collecting from fish farms on the use of such fish.

So, that is the direction that we are going in and our aspiration.

Good morning. I want to focus on the use of chemicals. How have the regulatory changes that have been made since the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee’s report impacted on chemical use and waste arising from fish farms?

So, you are saying that the 210 farms will have different limits on the medicines that they can use, depending on circumstances such as their location. I am interested in understanding how many farms are still using emamectin benzoate in the same quantities as in 2018. Do you have that information?

Will you say that again, about the bulk of the operational farms?