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What would you say about having a transfer test for the seller instead of a public interest test for the buyer?

So you would have preferred to have had a public interest test.

Has the Scottish Government given the ACCC a date—by the end of this parliamentary session, the end of this year or the middle of next year, for example? I understand that the Scottish Government is nestled within the UK, as the signatory state, but what is the Scottish Government’s commitment to meeting the terms of the convention? Have you given a date for when that will happen?

That is fine.

Much of the development of land management plans will follow the guidance that will be produced. I am interested in hearing whether there needs to be specific guidance in relation to crofting estates, given the mixture of inby and common grazings and the complexities of getting joint action together.

You are passing it back to us to make a decision.

—it feels like we are edging along towards trying to meet the terms of that important environmental international convention. Ultimately, what is the sanction on the Government for not doing so?

That is helpful.

You are happy with the 3,000 hectares threshold.

Okay—there is no fixed date, but there is a kind of work plan.