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I am sorry. May I ask a follow-up question?

Thank you, minister. Will you outline the Scottish Government’s understanding of the difference between believing and suspecting?

Thank you.

On behalf of Colin Smyth, and in light of the minister’s comment that she will work on this issue ahead of stage 3, I will not move amendment 129.

Amendment 129 not moved.

Amendment 230 moved—[Rachael Hamilton].

Apologies, convener—could I make another point of order? I abstained from the vote on amendment 171, but I should have supported that amendment. Can that be noted on the record?

I understand what you have said about the singular including the plural as a default, minister. That relates to half of the intention of the amendments in the group, but the other half relates to the “avoidance of doubt” clauses to ensure that permission is sought for each owner of each section of land. I am not sure that that point has been addressed by your comments about the singular including the plural.

Would they need to be defrosted for sale prior to the deadline of 31 December?

I am sorry, convener—I got in a muddle. I thought that we were still on amendment 158. I realise that it is probably too late to change my vote, but can I just note that I would have opposed amendment 24?

Can we check that vote? I think that there might have been a delay on Microsoft Teams.

I am grateful. Minister, on amendment 174, in the name of Christine Grahame, did you say that you would look again at the issue ahead of stage 3, with a view to Christine Grahame bringing an amendment back at that stage, or are you ruling out any amendment that seeks to exclude the specific situation in which a person

“in the course of any activity involving the laying of”

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“scent ... allows a dog to hunt a wild mammal”?