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Mr. Swinney
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what actions his Department is taking to proceed with (a) the export certified herds scheme and (b) the date-based scheme. [12200]
Mr. Malcolm Chisholm
The Government are pursuing both schemes with the EU Commission with equal vigour. Further clarification is to be provided on the date-based scheme. In line with the Florence agreement, the Commission will be putting both schemes to their scientific advisory committees.