If he will provide figures of the production of seed potatoes in Scotland for (a) the estimated crop tonnage, (b) the actual crop tonnage, (c) the crop average under the Seed Potato Classification and Labelling Schemes and (d) the number of labels printed and issued for each year over the...

If he will provide figures of the production of seed potatoes in Scotland for (a) the estimated crop tonnage, (b) the actual crop tonnage, (c) the crop average under the Seed Potato Classification and Labelling Schemes and (d) the number of labels printed and issued for each year over the...

If he will give details of the two recent successful prosecutions under the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984 in 1988 and 1989. - Inc figures.

If he will give details of the two recent successful prosecutions under the Seed Potatoes Regulations 1984 in 1988 and 1989. - Inc figures.

What legal penalties are available to DAFS to prosecute growers and merchants who supply Scottish seed potatoes which are found at a subsequent date not to comply with the regulations of certification; and how many prosecutions of Scottish seed potato suppliers for faulty seed there have been in each year...

What legal penalties are available to DAFS to prosecute growers and merchants who supply Scottish seed potatoes which are found at a subsequent date not to comply with the regulations of certification; and how many prosecutions of Scottish seed potato suppliers for faulty seed there have been in each year...

What steps DAFS takes immediately to inform all merchants and farmers who have taken seed from a Scottish grower in cases where it has firm evidence that a batch of Scottish seed potatoes from that grower has high levels of virus infection.

What steps DAFS takes immediately to inform all merchants and farmers who have taken seed from a Scottish grower in cases where it has firm evidence that a batch of Scottish seed potatoes from that grower has high levels of virus infection.

What legal recourse, under the certification scheme of DAFS, a potato farmer from outside Scotland has against either the merchant supplier, or the Scottish grower, of virus-infected Scottish seed potatoes supplied.

What legal recourse, under the certification scheme of DAFS, a potato farmer from outside Scotland has against either the merchant supplier, or the Scottish grower, of virus-infected Scottish seed potatoes supplied.

Who is responsible for ensuring that Scottish seed potatoes comply with the Seed Potato Regulations 1984; and how the scheme of certification is administered.

Who is responsible for ensuring that Scottish seed potatoes comply with the Seed Potato Regulations 1984; and how the scheme of certification is administered.

What regulations govern the disposal or destruction of a consignment of Scottish seed potatoes which are confirmed to have high levels of infection of virus.

What regulations govern the disposal or destruction of a consignment of Scottish seed potatoes which are confirmed to have high levels of infection of virus.

To whom his Department communicates the relevant information where his plant health department confirms that a batch of Scottish seed potatoes has high levels of virus infection.

To whom his Department communicates the relevant information where his plant health department confirms that a batch of Scottish seed potatoes has high levels of virus infection.