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Written Question · S2W-09336 · Session 2

What plans it has to aid the development of the equine industry.

Answered Asked by Rosemary Byrne SSP Lodged 24 Jun 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to aid the development of the equine industry.

The answer

Answered by Frank McAveety on 13 Jul 2004 · 19 days after it was lodged, on time

The Executive already assiststhe development of the equine industry.
Advice to individual equine businesseson their development plans is available through Business Gateway in the ScottishEnterprise area or the local enterprise company in the Highlands andIslands.
Help is also provided to qualifyingstud farms via a derating allowance and to all qualifying non domestic ratepayersvia the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme.
Sportscotland provides assistance in various ways to the sportof equestrianism. Details were contained in answer to S2W-7068 from Andrew WelshMSP on 2 April. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’swebsite the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-09336 by reference.