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Do you think that the bill could be improved to almost tighten the link between the medium-term financial strategy and the budget process and the carbon budgets?

That would involve a change to the budget as opposed to a change to the bill.

Do you feel that that work should be done by the Scottish Government or the Scottish Fiscal Commission before the bill is passed, so that we understand the potential costs to the Government of enactment of the bill and the plan?

I have a brief question. Will importers of goods into this country have to pay the charge as their goods come in? Is that how we will ensure that there is a level playing field?

On the announcement, are there any timescales for replacement of the HST or intercity 125 trains, which are going to be 50 years old next year? In the written answer, you say that the decision follows a process of appraisal to look at different options to replace the trains. Can you give us a bit more information on that? Are they going to be diesel, electric or hybrid? What are you going to be purchasing?

Of course.

So, it is not just producers of products who would have to pay, but importers of products, too.

I will follow up. The cabinet secretary is right that this is a policy decision at present. I completely respect that there is the preference of the Scottish Government, but is it not the case that what is coming through will take away the ability to do something different? The Scottish Government has the ability and right to make decisions on Scotland’s railway, but that will be eroded slightly by what is coming through here.

I, too, welcome the four-nations approach, which is the right way to go about the regulations. The only other thing that I will add—the cabinet secretary has mentioned it—relates to flavours and packaging. That is a problem in relation to single-use vapes, but it is also a problem in relation to multi-use vapes. I understand why that would not fit in with the regulations, but I would like it to be addressed somewhere—maybe in a health regulation or something—because the cabinet secretary is right that the flavours and packaging are targeted at younger people. We have heard a lot about how vapes are good for smoking cessation, but we are seeing now that, often, vapes are being targeted at people who go straight into the use of vapes. It would be good if the Government addressed those issues, too.

Can the cabinet secretary confirm whether the change will mean that Zero Waste Scotland is open to freedom of information requests at this point?