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Will you keep the committee updated on those discussions?

I might be surmising slightly, but it is possible that some of the stock was sold outwith a retail environment. We do not know, do we?

Were the 230 bottles from one geographical part of Scotland? Were they all from Lanarkshire, or were they from further afield?

Are you working with Police Scotland to try to establish the source? Each retailer will have bought the stock from somewhere. That is the big question.

Thank you.

Thank you. This is a question of organised crime and public health. There is a protocol in place between a government agency and the biggest local authority in Scotland, and it is not answering the phone. This is not about checking the wheelie bin times; it is about public health and organised crime. It is not good enough.

It probably costs less than a quid to produce a bottle of fake vodka.

You can seize products if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that they are fake, and you can then get them tested.

Are the people who are responsible for producing this particular batch likely to be brought to justice?

I mentioned that particular ruling because it was made by non-elected individuals. I do not know whether any communication was made to the committee or to Parliament more generally about that decision.