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Will it be a matter of days?

Could I be included in those discussions? After all, I represent an area where the issue is crucial.

What difference does that make? One imagines that, if they are not accredited, you cannot really give out scientific information from them.

When will the labs be back on site?

If there is an issue, will the Government look favourably at allowing more time for the spending to be made?

When you say medium to long term, how many years are you talking about?

Are the labs at the University of Aberdeen available? Our understanding was that the equipment was there, but the labs themselves were not working.

You mentioned 2009-10. Since 2009-10, the output of all other comparable institutions has increased, with a slight dip in the past two years. Since 2009-10, Marine Scotland science’s output has dipped, so it is not in line with international institutions. Could that be due to the structure of the organisation, and can you reconsider that structure? Is it independent enough? Can it raise enough funds from outwith Government? In real terms, funding has fallen to—

Okay.

I guess that what I am trying to say is that, at the moment, abattoirs are clinging to the edge by their fingertips. We are struggling to get others in place—which is what we really want to happen—and the cost increases just push the direction of travel the wrong way. Is there anything that you can do, especially for island communities but also for other communities that are a long way from the centre—we have been talking about Skye abattoir and so on for a long time now—to mitigate the challenges that are posed not only by the cost increases but by some of the other challenges, if we are to be realistic about making that increase in provision a reality?