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I would dispute that the foundations are in place.

What is your assessment of the uptake and progress of the national test programme?

If 1 per cent of land is producing our energy source of food, Vicki, how can all the solutions to meeting net zero within the sphere of the new replacement for the CAP system be realistic?

Does the ARIOB have a strategy in place to mitigate threats to food security?

Yes.

What is your assessment of the uptake of the national test programme? Shall I start with you, Martin?

You were talking about the change of land use. I will phrase the question differently. What percentage of what you are doing in overseeing the Scottish Government’s work will contribute to meeting net zero targets?

No, it was not. The CCC said that land that should not be kept in full-time pasture was no longer sequestering carbon and that it should go into trees. I have never heard that before.

Yes, it is on the national test programme.

I have a supplementary question on divergence. Does the ARIOB have a role in discussing divergence from EU alignment in relation to the replacement for the CAP? I am thinking particularly about benefits to the environment and health. Martin Kennedy mentioned gene editing, for example. Does the group discuss such issues?

I feel—