You know, I think we need to work some things out, and once we do, but I don't know. Do we get married today? If this is what your relationship looks like between Trisha Paytas and Jason Nash, run. Run for the hills as fast as you can. What is up, everybody? This is Chris from the Rewired Soul, where we talk about the problem, but focus on the solution. I missed it. I just started a Twitch channel, and I've been doing a lot of editing of my videos over there so I can talk to you while I edit. So today, I'm gonna actually be editing this video, and I'm gonna be talking to all of the viewers about toxic relationships, borderline personality disorder, and all sorts of stuff. So, make sure you go follow me on Twitch, alright? But anyways, before I get started, I'm gonna say this. I'm not a therapist. I'm not a psychologist. Obviously, I don't treat Trisha Paytas either. So, I cannot give her a diagnosis of BPD. So, borderline personality disorder is a disorder that many people struggle with who had a rough childhood, whether it was emotional abuse or just any kind of trauma in their life. They can struggle with borderline personality disorder, and they have this kind of, like, I love you. I hate your relationship with a lot of people. So, like, just watching Trisha and Jason Nash, like, I sit there, and I'm like, oh my God, like, Trisha shows some of these signs. So, we're gonna talk about this, and what it's like dating somebody with BPD. And I guess I'll start this video out, too, by saying, like, this is a very unpopular opinion, but if you are struggling with your mental health, like, in a severe way, do not date. Like, go fix yourself, then go back to dating. Like, it is unfair to the other person to bring them into that mess. I say that as somebody who had to stay single for over a year and a half while I worked on myself. I realize that it was selfish to bring somebody into this while I am still a complete mess. But as I started to work on myself, then I was able to go out and date and not be so selfish, self-centered, and pretty much emotionally abuse the other person. And stay tuned to this video, because I'm going to use Jason Nash and Trisha Paytas' relationship and talk about some of my own personal experiences with this stuff. Alright? So anyways, Jason Nash just released a video, like, why Trisha hasn't been in my videos lately, right? It's like a 20-minute video, and I'm sitting here with my girlfriend this morning. I'm like, I don't even know if I want to watch this. You know, whatever. And oh my God, I will link this down in the description below. But like, whether you are single or in a relationship, like, save this video, put it in a playlist somewhere. Like, watch this video. This is the definition of a toxic relationship. Like, I am blown away that this whole thing was recorded. I'm wondering how much was edited out. But that's one of the reasons I enjoy YouTube is because we can take these very real situations and then discuss them, and hopefully, like, my purpose of this channel is to help you with your mental health. And relationships can be oh so toxic. It's not a big deal. I'm like letting it go. I just definitely can't come to that house. So one of the things that will point out from that clip that I just showed you is like, Trisha is very emotionally abusive. Now, I will say this, and throughout this video, because I'm probably only going to say it once, like, let me just make this very clear. Like, I don't look at people with mental illnesses like BPD or anything like that, as bad people.  So, like, emotional abuse isn't always just the person that's purely evil. They have some stuff that they need to work on. I used to be a terrible person until I started working on my mental health. But anyways, going back to that clip, like, Trisha is emotionally abusive. Like, you can see how she says, like, I'm not upset. I'm not mad. I'm not angry. I love you, da-da-da-da-da. But then she just goes in and berates him. Throughout this video, too, like, I'm focusing on Trisha. But if you watch this video, like, Jason is just broken. He is broken. And I don't think that Jason should be dating either. I talked about this in my previous video about them breaking up and getting back together. But Jason is not put together either. And by the way, this is one of the biggest misconceptions about dating. And I used to tell this to my clients in early recovery all the time. Like, when in the philosophy of mankind has this ever worked? You take two glasses, two glass cups, right? And you shatter them on the ground. And then you scoop them together. And then you say, okay, this can work. That doesn't happen. So if you have one broken person and another broken person, it doesn't go together. Both these things have to be whole before they come together. You know, I think we need to work some things out. And once we do... What? I don't know. Do we get married today? Do we ever really house courthouses open for marriages? Do we get married? Yeah. That's some sort of commitment at least. I don't know. That'd be fun. So this is complete bananas. If you don't want to watch the whole video, just watch the part where they're at this restaurant. Because there's so much to dissect from this. All right? So Trisha was just berating Jason, talking all this stuff. And then she just goes, let's get married. And I'm like, oh my God, oh my God. I'm going to share with you some of my experience with that pretty soon here. But like, this is a typical sign of borderline personality disorder, especially when you're dating somebody. They can rapid fire through these emotions, right?  And then they're just like, let's get married. Let's get married. Because part of it is just they're used to the toxicity, right? Like that is their comfort zone. Like being comfortable in the chaos. And she throws out, let's get married, right? But immediately it is followed up by this clip. It's not a big deal. I'm like letting it go. I just definitely can't come to that house. So now I have to, you know, do all the driving.  You don't have to. I haven't been. Once a week is fine. I'm getting used to it. But if you're just going to be so staunch, then it's going to put even more stress on everything. It's not. I'm happy with that. I'm happy with you. And you got to do what you had to do.   It just hurts. I'm not mad. I'm not like upset. Nothing. I just get, I just, it's really like, really hurtful. Please reconsider that. That's one thing I can't do. I want to be with you and I want to stay with you. I can't come over to your house. I maybe is better. We live far apart. Like when we do see each other, we miss each other. All right. All right. All right. So right after she says, let's get married, she throws out this idea. Okay. She starts talking about, about him getting his own house. And this is another example of emotional abuse. Okay. Everybody like, I hope you are with me here. Okay. Like she's saying like, oh, I'm, I'm not upset about it. I'm not hurt. And then she starts saying, Oh, but you just want to spend more time with your friends. Oh, you just don't like seeing me. Oh, you know what? It's fine. It's fine. And it's like, what? Like watching it, it's, it's like watching. It's like watching children who are in one of their first relationships. But that's one of the things when it comes to certain types of mental illness. Like for me, for example, when I got sober at 27 years old, I was pretty much just a grown baby. Okay. I still had a lot of childish behaviors, childish emotions. I did a lot of childish things. And I need to do a video sometime because there's this worksheet that my mom, who's a psychologist, actually showed me. And it's amazing where you can see like why you date the people you date and also why you behave the way that you do in arguments. And a lot of it reverts back to your childhood. It's a lot of childish behaviors. And that's why a lot of relationships, people don't have these adult conversations, especially if you're dating somebody who's not mentally well. Do we get married today? Remember when the Hills Four House was open for marriages? Do we get married? Yeah. That's some sort of commitment at least. I don't know. That would be fine. I think we need to work some things out. We do have to get married. All right. I had to bring it back to that last clip because this is something that goes on throughout the rest of the video.  Like, okay, no, we're not getting married. He's like, we need to work on some stuff, right? But she says we need to get married and then we can work on stuff. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. Okay. This is a very big problem that people have, especially when they struggle with mental illness. They keep procrastinating the things that will make them well. Right. Like I was talking about with my girlfriend earlier, like I, I judge people based on who they're a fan of, right? Who they're a fan of, who they look up to and stuff. Like if you're a fan, for example, of Tana Mojo, I'm like, something's got to be going on with you. Right. There's a lot of people who are a fan of Trisha Paytas. I'm like, there's something that's got to be going on with you too. But this is also why people have so many enablers. Like people need to look at Trisha and like, like Trisha acknowledges that she has a lot of psychological issues, but she doesn't get help for them. Right. And she keeps trying to procrastinate them and push them off and things like that. Like absolutely not. So I'm very glad that Jason stuck to his guns. And he's like, no, we need to see a relationship therapist. And then we'll talk about marriage. Here's the problem for the rest of this video. She keeps saying, let's get married. Let's get married. Let's get married. And she's trying to manipulate him into doing this. All right. And, and just throughout the video, like, like I said, they cut a lot of this stuff out. How many times throughout this day they spent together, do you think she said, let's get married. Let's get married. Like it is absolutely bananas. Do we get married today? So do you want to go take dance classes at Arthur Murray across the street? Or do you want to go get married? Should I get my beard shaved? Or should we get married? Work on our relationship before we talk about marriage. I think we're good. I think we're in a good spot. I don't think so. I think we need to go see a therapist. Okay. So we get married and then we go see a therapist. No. Let's work on our relationship. Please. We are working on it. I haven't been crazy for a whole week. I want to get married. I thought you'd get off that. Okay, but can we get married? I'll give you one thing.  You are. So I was actually telling my girlfriend about this. My girlfriend and I, we don't talk a lot about our exes, but sometimes it like comes up and things like that. But I was telling her about the woman I was dating. She was a single mom before. It was like a year before. Yeah, probably about a year before my girlfriend and I started talking or at least almost a year, right? And like, I could relate to this experience, right? Like I was still mentally unwell. Like after that relationship is when I found meditation. So if you need a reason to meditate, go for it. Like I did it because of a bad relationship. And I realized how emotionally unstable I was. But anyways, her and I had a very, very, very bad relationship. And she got on this kick where she's like, let's get married. Let's get married. Like we're fighting every five seconds. And then she's like, let's get married. Let's get married. And like she was obsessed with this show. My girlfriend just told me the name and I forgot it's like 30 day fiance or something like that. It's like they do it. They do it. And then they figure stuff out. And I'm like, I'm like, no, that is bananas because part of me knew like this wasn't going to work out. And she kept saying it over and over and over. And like this is something that some of us do. And this is a big relationship issue as well. Like I almost got to a point. I was this close to getting to a point where I was just going to be like, if it will shut you up, let's go get married. Like think about that. Think about that.  And we got to figure this stuff out. Like, can you imagine? Can you imagine if I would have married her? Like, why do you think divorce rates are so high in this country? Because stuff like this happens. But again, Jason stuck to his guns. He's like, we need to seek therapy before we get into a marriage, right? And it's crazy because they need to split up. They need to get away from each other. Like I made a whole video about this two months ago. I was just looking. It was only two months ago about how their relationship isn't going to work. I'm not a psychic, right? I just know people who are mentally unstable. I just get it. I've seen this happen so many times. I talked to my clients in the rehab center about this all the time. Like you are in no position to do this. You're in absolutely no position to do this until you get well. Now, there's going to be a certain number of people down in the comments or who will never even see this video who defend Trisha.  Or, oh, this is just part of the videos. And no, no, no, no, no. What this is is leaving a back door to excuse poor behavior. I mentioned it in the Tana Mojo video I just did the other day where she talks about, I'm only human. I'm only human.  By saying that, Tana is leaving herself a back door to keep screwing up. Now, Trisha is using this as an excuse to keep behaving the way she is and not seeking help in the way that she should seek help is because she's constantly making these other videos. Like, oh, that was just an act. Oh, that was just for YouTube. No, no, no, no, no, no. I just finished a book on body language and stuff. And watching the body language between those two, actors can't even have that type of precision body language. You know what I mean? Like, Trisha really, really, really needs to seek some type of therapy. And if they want their relationship to work, and here's the advice I'll give to any of you who are stuck in a relationship like this right now. Go to therapy. Both need to do individual therapy. Me, I'm not a huge fan of couples therapy. I prefer individual therapy for a while, and then couples therapy. Like, both people need to work on their individual issues, because a lot of them stem from childhood and past relationships and things like that. They need to work on these things individually, and then once they get, like, I don't know, even 20% better, then they need to see, like, a couple's therapist. You know what I'm saying? But as far as, like, leaving that back door open, I talk to addicts and alcoholics about this all the time, because they try to leave themselves back doors to drink again or to use again. For example, some people who came into my rehab with a prescription drug addiction, they then wouldn't go back and tell their doctor that they were just in rehab, because what they're doing is they're leaving a back door so they can go get high again. Or maybe alcoholics, they don't tell their friends that they just went to rehab and they're in sobriety now because they're leaving themselves a back door so they don't get questioned if they drink again.  So, to end this video, the last point I'll make is I was second guessing making this video, and this is just a complete side point. I talk about how, like, I always get worried about making these videos about different YouTubers and things like that, because I'm not a drama channel, and my goal is to help people take these real-life situations and relate it to themselves and improve their mental health. And there was one comment on my last video about H3H3, and it's like, oh, this is a drama channel now. And that almost prevented me from making this video. But then my girlfriend, she said something and it sparked my emotions again. I'm like, screw it, I'm making this video. But I just want to throw that side point in there. Like, don't focus on the one negative comment or don't focus on one thing that makes you second guess yourself, you know? Do your thing, boo, do your thing, all right? But let's do this down in the comments below. Maybe share your experiences. Like, what can you relate to? Like, have you been in a past relationship where it looks similar to Trisha Paytas and Jason Nash? Or are you currently in a relationship and your significant other isn't going to read my comment section? But anyways, let's share our experience down below, okay? I did, so you need to as well, all right? And don't forget, I'm going to be editing this video on Twitch, so by the time you see this, I already edited it, but go follow me on Twitch, okay? twitch.tv slash the rewired soul. Come hang out with me. We've been having some amazing conversations and I love the personal time I get with all of you. All right? But that's all I got for this video. If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. 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Hey everyone, before I get into today's video, I want to remind you to enter our paper Mario the Origami King giveaway. To enter all you need to do is comment on this video, like the video, subscribe to Nintendo Prime, and then hit the bell icon on the channel as well. You can do this on every single video from now through the end of July and we'll announce the winner of that giveaway at the end of July. I wish all of you luck. Now the first video today and I think I have a trifecta for you today so stay tuned a very unusual day where we're having three videos coming out. The first one though is going to deal with Nintendo and their plans for the rest of this year because there was the 80th meeting of the investors yesterday, this is not a sales update kind of meeting, this was just kind of a general meeting of shareholders where they go over things like you know electing different directors, I think Shigeru Miyamoto technically has a slightly new role at Nintendo, all that kind of stuff, but we don't know what any of those new roles mean so we can't really talk about what that means in the grander scheme. But what we can talk about is something that Shintura Furukawa answered from the investors because they were wondering, hey what's up with the pandemic, what's up with the coronavirus, and what's happening with the rest of the games for this year because right now we've got an animal crossing the new horizons, then we've got Paper Mario and we don't know anything else and Paper Mario actually comes out here in a few weeks so what gives? Well it turns out that Shintura Furukawa answered this quite directly, maybe to ease investors but probably with the truth and that is that none of their games currently slated or planned to be released in 2020 or fiscal year, the current fiscal year so it technically runs through March of next year have been delayed, aka all of the games that they have planned to come out from now through March 31st are right on schedule. Now he did mention that anything after that if a second wave hit that games in the following fiscal year so you know right after June of 2021 through March of 2022 could see delays and could be affected and he did mention that everyone at Nintendo is currently working at home. I think we understood that when we got the Super Smash Bros announcement and we got to see inside Masahiro Sakurai's home that clearly if he's working from home the rest of Nintendo is likely working from home as well even though technically Sakurai is an independent contractor so what we learned from this is that nothing coming out this year is actually delayed so then that leads us to guess what the hell gives they didn't do a June presentation like they would have if E3 happened and I think that's the key thing if E3 was not cancelled we'd already know what's coming the rest of this year but because it was Nintendo has decided to do something different and we don't know what that different is we don't know if we're gonna be getting a Nintendo direct they usually give the give one in September that feels a little late to not know anything happening in the second half of this year but what is clear that is whatever they had planned for this year is still coming we just don't know when they plan to announce it maybe they wanted to wait for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X to blow their load and PlayStation 5 just blew their load we don't know yet with Xbox Series X they're supposedly having an event next month so then we should have a grander idea of what's happening there and then maybe Nintendo will hit us with all their announcements after Paper Mario comes out I'm not sure maybe they have something coming next week may they have something coming in a month we don't know it's also possible Nintendo decides to forego Nintendo Direct we talked about before where there's new management in charge and Taro Furukawa is not you know Takahashi is not you know Satura Iwata he could be doing something entirely different and try to scrap Nintendo Direct's in favor of social media announcements so trailer drops commercials Twitter and Facebook etc they could be doing a lot of stuff like that even TikToks if they really want to get experimental here to announce different games and they did this for Paper Mario and I know Paper Mario is considered a spin-off and they have yet to do this for like a major major game but what if the next time we saw Breath of the Wild 2 was through a trailer drop you know it's entirely possible that Nintendo won't be doing traditional Nintendo Direct's the rest of this year especially since everyone's working from home and it's a lot harder to create a studio environment with multiple people to try to get it done in a more professional way we saw this with the smash announcement which while it felt professional it also kind of had that homie vibe that they might not want to give a give with a Nintendo Direct so yeah we're gonna be seeing a bunch of game announcements and that leaves a lot to be speculated for the second half of this year Nintendo has traditionally started years slow where there's only one or two games in the first half but they have a back loaded second half of the year 2017 kind of not be withstanding at the launch of Switch so we could be seeing a lot of games in the second half we could be seeing a Mario Kart 9 we could be seeing you know those HD Mario you know rumors coming true we could be seeing things like Breath of the Wild 2 which is technically an announced video game we know it exists it was announced at E3 last year that could be a holiday title this year for all we know and is right on track to release with no delays we just don't know what Nintendo is gonna tell us and that is a game we already know actually makes me wonder if that is gonna be their holiday title and it would kind of be the perfect in my opinion I know I'm a Zelda guy but the perfect game to announce as a holiday title but yeah I guess we don't really know for sure what we do know is that anything they had planned for this year is right on slate now I know people are worried this year is gonna be a repeat of 2018 maybe even worse because 2018 at least ended with Smash Bros and let's go and we're not getting a new major Pokemon game this year we are getting a new Pokemon snap which is cool we're not gonna see like a new Jen or another let's go game come out so it's gonna be interesting to see what Nintendo's plans are for the rest of this year for the holidays and obviously at the very beginning of next year because again they said fiscal year so that includes all the way through March of next year of course with anything this leaves us all to speculate on what could be coming are we gonna see more Wii U ports the Pikmin 3 Super Mario 3D world is obviously widely speculated to come some are even demanding for doubles third to come over and that was some more polished the game might not actually be that bad my experience was it needs a lot more polish to not be that bad but you know it is what it is it'll be interesting to see you know maybe a more DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or an announcement of Mario Kart 9 maybe an arms 2 is coming although it feels like we're probably gonna get a Mario Kart 9 before we get a arms 2 but who knows at this point we do have our arms character in Smash so I mean yeah congrats Min Min I'm making the cut there I guess I should say congrats to the director of arms who specifically picked that character to be in but yeah I'm honestly just as baffled as you guys are what could be coming we know Metro Prime 4 exists that's been announced retro studios is working on it do we really think that's gonna be ready for this year no I don't know we saw some no more heroes 3 gameplay teased on Twitter a few days ago although the director of the game was kind of blocking it out so it was kind of a funny way to finally show up no more heroes 3 but that might suggest that that games on slate to come this year we know Shin Megami tense a 5 was announced for switch what years ago at this point maybe that's on target to come this year we know artifact travelers 2 is in development maybe that's on track to land this year from Square Enix it was a lot of potential maybe we're getting Hyrule Warriors 2 coming out after all the last Warriors game we got was fire emblem Warriors but Hyrule Warriors is a lot more successful you know in terms of money and sales and with Breath of the Wild being so popular it might be time to drop that Hyrule Warriors 2 game out there with a lot of Breath of the Wild content included maybe even teases for Breath of the Wild 2 which would be crazy if they did that because there's been something Zelda every year last year in Link's Awakening year before Hyrule Warriors year before that Breath of the Wild even though Hyrule Warriors is a port it was still something so we're probably getting something Zelda this year I just don't know what maybe it's just Skyward Sword HD or maybe we get an HD collection with Twilight Princess HD, Remembrick HD and Skyward Sword HD all packed in for 60 bucks I think that would be a great value that's 20 bucks per game and we haven't had Skyward Sword officially in HD although a lot of you ROM and emulator users out there are already well aware about what that game looks like in HD and it's actually pretty gorgeous even though the painter style was chosen because of the blurriness of we still it looks even better in HD who knew almost every game looks better in HD that being said there's just a lot to speculate on and I know I talked about a lot of potential ports and all that because they could fill out the year reports but they might have already been planning to fill out this year report so whatever they were planning to do this year is still on slate still scheduled it is the 35th anniversary of Mario so we could be seeing more Mario games coming up besides Paper Mario I know there's that big rumor out there of getting a whole bunch of HD old Mario games you know from the Galaxy games the Mario 64 I think it's the big ones and people are really excited to see what that looks like in HD you know if they're gonna do more to witness put it in HD like an emulator they're actually gonna like remaster remake it a little bit like we've seen of Unreal Engine 4 I don't know there's a lot to speculate on and I want to know what games do you want to see this year remember we could list every single IP and every single dream out there ban out of three maybe that's landing this year right we could be just dream wishing rest of this year you know a new wave race or something but we honestly I think we need to look at this year look at the last six months of the year and maybe give us your realistic guesses at what's gonna be coming personally I'm still on that breath of wild to pipe you know thing you know game over Jesse's put out some rumors about what's in that game from some trusted sources and if you know based on what we're hearing from those rumors that game sounds like it's really far along and Breath of the Wild 2 could very well be the holiday game and I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with that hope even though I don't know if it's happening I don't have my own sources on it but Breath of the Wild 2 for holiday makes sense it's one of the few games I think Nintendo could drop that could actually compete with it Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 hype and take some of that away because remember Breath of the Wild is widely considered either game of the current generation or game of the next generation it is one of the best and highest review games of all time even topping octane of time depending on which sites you're looking at so anyways folks I am the Thunder Robogeants from Nintendo Prime I want to remind you to enter our giveaway for a copy of Paper Mario the origami King remember just comment like this video subscribe hit that bell icon it feels great to be back I gotta say I'm looking pretty fly today I don't know how about you guys you like this get up I mean the next video will be like just a standard t-shirt but I gotta say yeah like in the little the little wingtipsy here and when you're looking good you're looking 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Hello all and welcome to the session. Today the question is plot points A32 and B24. These two points are the vertices of a figure which is symmetrical about x is equal to 2 and y is equal to 2. Complete the figure on the graph by writing the geometrical name of the figure. The result of symmetry which is going to be used in the solution is a plane figure is symmetric if and only if there is a reflecting line M such that the figure fits image over M coincide. Now this result will work as a key idea for solving this question and now we will start with the solution. Firstly we have to plot the points A32 and B24 in the graph and you can see here the coordinates of the point A are 3, 2 and the coordinates of the point B are 2, 4 and they are plotted in a graph. xx dash is the x axis and yy dash is the y axis. Now these two points are symmetrical about the line x is equal to 2 and y is equal to 2. Now this is the line x is equal to 2 and this is the line y is equal to 2. Now the reflection of the point A in the line x is equal to 2 is the point C those coordinates are 1, 2 and the reflection of B in the line y is equal to 2 is D those coordinates are 2, 0. Now joining all the points A, B, C and D we are having a figure A, B, C, D which is symmetrical about the lines x is equal to 2 and y is equal to 2. Therefore the completed figure A, B, C, D is symmetrical about the lines x is equal to 2 and y is equal to 2 and this figure A, B, C, D is a rhombus whose vertices are A, 3, 2, D, 2, 4, C, 1, 2 and D, 2, 0. So this is the solution of this question and that's all for this session. Hope you all have enjoyed this session.


Okay, thanks. I'll talk about what NIST is doing about the possible deployment of quantum computers in the next couple of decades. Okay, so the problem is that large quantum computers, they would break most of our public key crypto. That includes our SAID, if you have an elliptic curve crypto. Symmetric crypto would not be affected. It's surprising the number of meetings I go where people tell me that AES is gone after quantum computers. That's not the case, but we will need to make keys longer. Full transition to alternatives takes a long time. Judging from the history of these things, we could easily claim about 20 years. I suspect that there may be a greater sense of urgency with respect to the advent of quantum computing. So I'm thinking maybe about 10 years or more. So the time to worry about this is now. This doesn't see enough attention from my point of view. There are long-term privacy and security implications which affect us now. From the privacy perspective, there are things that are being stored now by agencies and possibly industry, which will later, which can't be opened now, but will be maybe opened if quantum computers are built. You have kids or grandchildren, their DNA profiles may be stored in ways that are maybe opened in the future. But I think it's a severe threat that we're facing now, not when quantum computers are built, but now. Something similar with respect to security implications, I think if quantum computers are built and they are deployed, we will see many years, possibly decades, during which we're going to be discovering all kinds of things being protected by pre-quantum keys. To get that stuff out of all of our applications is going to be a very difficult task. Okay, so NIST has a post-quantum cryptography project that's been going on for about five years now. Our goal is to monitor progress in quantum computers and quantum algorithms to find and standardize quantum-resistant alternatives for public key encryption, key agreement, and digital signatures, and to ensure the transparency of the process and the integrity of the outcome. This is especially important after the Snowden revelations. This is not a competition. I keep saying this over and over and over again, and people keep coming to me and say, hey, how about the NIST competition? I hope that we will develop significant community consensus at the end of the day that NIST will basically serve as a sounding board, and eventually we'll have to make a decision, but hopefully the decision will really be made by the community. It's not necessarily true that we'll standardize just one candidate for each of the applications. We may standardize several. The evaluation criteria, when we have a competition, the evaluation criteria needs to be written in stone because later, if we start changing things later in the game, people cry foul. Now, be warned that this is not written in stone. We know too little about quantum computers right now. We know too little about the actual complexity of candidates to be writing these things in stone and saying we're not going to change it no matter what happens through the next seven years. So criteria hopefully will evolve, and it will reflect our gaining knowledge of the situation. There's a call for proposals, which is out. This is the link where they may be submitted. The deadline is November 30 of this year. The discussion about this is through the PQC forum. The current wording of the call for proposals follows public discussion in this forum. Sometimes very loud public discussion, and that's the way we like it, I guess. And this is also in this forum where the submissions and germane issues will be discussed. Evaluation criteria is one of those issues that needs to stay in the discussion table. To join this mailing list, just send mail to this link here. Okay, so we are agnostic about what techniques look the best right now. We choose to be agnostic. We want to have an open mind with respect to all the possible ways that people may want to solve this problem. But I'll give you a rough listing of what we see out there now. So for signatures, we see hash-based signatures, code-based, lattice-based, and multivariate-based signatures. The dot-dot-dot means that I'm not going to be held to this being an exhaustive list in any of these. For public encryption, we see lattice-based, code-based, multivariate. There are others, braid groups and things like that. For key agreement, one can decide that key agreement is not a real topic because once you solve PKE, you have key agreement. No, we chose not to. We want to call it a separate problem. But it can be solving the public encryption problem. But there are lattice-based and estrogen-based and other types of dedicated key agreement protocols out there. With respect to what will change in terms of speed and sizes of things, speed looks good. That's surprising to me anyhow. Some of these systems look blindly fast. Key sizes are not so good. They may increase significantly. Some signature sizes look big, not terribly big, but they look big. We'll have to collectively decide if that's okay or not. There may be a significant increase in ciphertext size for short plaintexts. I really have no idea how industry feels about that, what that might do to applications. We really do need to have an impact assessment by industry, especially by industry, but also by the community at large. We need to have that impact assessment now as soon as possible because once there are very few candidates left, two or three clear candidates are likely to win this thing to end up being the standard, then the impact assessments get all muddled by the fact that people will be advancing their favorite candidates. If we can do it now, that would be very useful. What's public discussion? There's this ongoing discussion. If you've seen the PQC forum, you'll see that there's been this rather strident disagreement about this measure of security that's in the call for proposals. My position about this is that in this security levels, to really answer the specific wording of the call for proposals, it looks like you need to decide how many quantum gates that are required to break your candidate. On the other hand, some of us, I feel that no candidate should have to be, no proposer should have to be an expert on quantum computation in order to put it in a submission. If you have any problems with putting a number to this number of quantum gates question, contact us or contact the forum. This is as open as it can be in this process. Contact us. We'll sort it out. Are we just the arm of the NSA? I guess I can't blame the community. I have another project which is dear to my heart, which is the NIST, Randomness Beacon. Sometimes I Google that beacon and it says the NIST NSA beacon. There's pictures of me with horns and things. So this committee, this PQC project is a committee of eight people. There's a report out that spelled out our understanding of this about eight months ago or so. That report contains the names of seven of the eight current members of this team. There's no secrecy there. There's just eight members of NIST right now. We sit at the table. The NSA has no seat at that table. However, times are a little scary right now. So keep watching us. We need that. You protect us by demanding our transparency. Another topic that has been making the rounds is demands that future standards make bad implementations harder. I suspect this would be very hard to do in the abstract. For us NIST to agree that we're going to include in the standards this requirement that if you say develop AES-2, it will have all kinds of tests to check for possible bad implementations. I think that's just not going to fly. I may be wrong. So if you feel strongly about that, please argue with respect to the candidates in the post-quantum cryptography competition, please make your views be heard in the NIST forum. On the other hand, I think that some of these, I don't know, prophylactics can be put in place at the end of the game. At the end of this process, five years, six years from now, it looks like we're really going to do this, standardize this particular algorithm and you have a good idea of a way to standardize it to make it more resilient to bad implementations and that's probably the time to argue for those things. If you try to argue for them as a general rule for standards, I think that's not going to fly. What am I doing here? Okay, the timeline. Formal call is out. November 30 is the deadline for the submissions. During 2018, we'll have a workshop and then that will be followed by three to five years of analysis. We'll report the findings and one to two workshops in this phase and hopefully two years after that we'll have the standards ready. So this is seven years. This process may take a good seven years from now. Thank you. I have to ask in the call, there was no like for signatures. There was no specification on whether you're looking for stateless or stateful signatures. Any opinions on that? I think we're, first, we are going to take both, candidates for both, whether so stateful have this private key size problem which is gigantic. So if there are advantages, people can argue for advantages that make us wanting to do that, despite that, then we'll definitely consider them. So both are in play. Okay, it was my understanding that NIST had publicly said that they were not interested in hash-based signatures. You are counter-addicting that? Yes, I don't know who said that. I was wondering, you mentioned industry impact assessments. So I'm wondering if any federal agency is doing their own impact assessment that would serve as a model for that. And if not, whether they were, the federal government would be interested in stimulating any industry activity around that? Oh boy. I think that question, the second part of that question is about my pay grade. I can certainly pass that suggestion on with respect to what is being done by a federal agency, other than the NSA, which is not going to tell us, I wouldn't trust the assessment that any of these agencies including NIST can do. I think it's beyond our capabilities. Thank you anyway. I also wanted to clarify, you said it's a panel of eight people, seven of which are public, and one of which is... It just hired them. That's why he's not in the... Everybody's name is public. The eighth person who was hired after this report was public. So I'll see that the list of people who sit at this table is put out somewhere. Yeah, last question. You mentioned making bad implementations harder and perhaps delaying that consideration a little. Perhaps another way of putting it is that you want to make correct implementations easier. And certainly that could perhaps be prioritized early. So instead of trying to place landmines for bad implementations, we certainly avoid putting in complexities that make good implementations less likely. And that perhaps is a good consideration earlier on. That should be in the minds of everybody who plans to submit this. Yeah, so take that as a suggestion to your submissions. Great, thanks a lot.


R workloads sales service working system in the first steps of going to one industry management system is a portfolio of questions. In order to get as many people in as possible, I will be grateful for short answers and some synced questions and answers. Question 1, Stewart McMillan. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the community safety aspects of the licensing or smartphone booking systems for transport services. There are potential benefits to the use of smartphones apps. It is essential that the legislation enforcement remains fit for purpose to ensure that people are kept safe. Recent developments, including the evidence that is taken by the Local Government and Regeneration Committee in relation to the Air Weapons and Licensing, have further highlighted the need for review. The Scottish Government expects every operator to work within the confines of the existing licensing regime and for all drivers and vehicles to be licensed. Anyone acting as an unlicensed driver or operating outwith the relevant booking office license will be committing an offence and could be liable for prosecution by the Crown. I understand that companies such as the American-based Uber are currently applying for licenses for such operations in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with the possible financial loss to the tax and private hire tax that they will trade and in turn local authorities via licence fees of drivers and cars if those services are introduced in Scotland, as well as the safety aspects of having drivers and cars which will not be regulated and scrutinised in the same manner as traditional taxi services. Can the cabinet secretary advise what the Scottish Government can do to ensure both the safety of passengers and also the protection of jobs in the current taxi trade? The member raises an important point. From the government's perspective, we expect every operator to work within the confines of the existing regime. Along with the relevant stakeholders, we are reviewing the existing legislation to ensure that it means fit for purpose. We are aware of the concerns around the growth of mobile phone apps such as those run by Uber. We recently held an informal meeting with representatives of the trade, Police Scotland, local authorities and relevant academics, to discuss the issue and to explore what options could be taken. Although the tax and private hire car provision is in the current bill, I do not specifically address the technological developments that the member made reference to. The Civic Government Scotland Act 1982 already provides considerable scope for secondary legislation to address such issues. We have an ability to provide clarification on issues such as best practice in this area for local authorities. I can assure the member that we are aware of that particular issue and some of the concerns around the use of those types of apps and organisations such as Uber. We will continue to engage with stakeholders to look at what is the best approach to take that forward in the Civic Government Scotland Act 1982. To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that more could be done to improve the legal rights of fathers in relation to parental custody disputes. We would not propose any change to the law in the area of residence or contact provisions at this time. The key principle in Scots law is that the welfare of the child is paramount. However, the Government is carrying out work in a number of relevant areas. For example, we have chaired a working group on child welfare reporters and are working to refresh the parenting agreement for Scotland, which can help to separate parents and agree on future arrangements for their children. John Mason I thank the minister for his reply. I wonder if he will accept that when one parent has care and does not comply with a contact order, it is often too expensive for the non-resident parent to return to court. Certainly, unlike the administration south of the border, Mr Mason will appreciate that we maintain that legal aid is open to use for family cases. We try to ensure that people have access to the law to protect their interests. There are groups that can help individuals who are needing advice about what their options are in seeking contact with their children. I would be happy to meet Mr Mason if he would find it helpful to explain what more we can do to help. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with trade unions regarding employment-related issues in the justice sector. The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring positive engagement with trade unions across the range of sectors. That includes the justice sector. The Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs and I meet on a regular basis with the trade unions representing police staff and the Farbegade. In addition, I have also met unions representing prison officers and prison governors to discuss matters of concern to them and to their members. As members will be aware, employment-related issues for staff are a matter for the relevant organisation in discussion with their respective union. The Scottish Government does not engage directly in those negotiations. Can I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer? I recently met community trade union who raised specific concerns about issues that are faced by private sector employees delivering justice and custodial services. I am sure that the cabinet secretary will agree with me that those staff play a key role on behalf of the Scottish public. It is a difficult job, and although the environment is similar to those who work in the public sector, the mechanism available to staff in the private sector can often be different. Community have raised concerns with me that staffing numbers may be having on the personal safety and security of their members. Would the minister agree to meet representatives of community to hear first hand about the excellent job that they do and the issues that they face on a daily basis? I am aware of the excellent job that those staff do within our private prison estate and the custody transfer services that are provided by private contractors. I am always open to engaging with trade union representatives. I expect employer organisations to engage purposefully and meaningfully with their trade union representatives. If the community union has specific concerns about some of the matters such as contracts that are managed through the Scottish Prison Service, I would expect the trade union to engage directly with the SPA to raise concerns about the operation of any of those contracts. I am always open to engaging with trade union representatives and, if they wish to make representations to me, I would be more than happy to consider that. Roderick Campbell, can the cabinet secretary advise whether there has been any recent dialogue between Scottish Government and representatives of rank and file police officers and, if so, what has been discussed? I meet on a regular basis with the staff association representing police officers to discuss a range of different matters that affect their members. I last met the Scottish Police Federation on 17 February and with the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents on 12 March. Police officers' terms and conditions are one of the issues that were discussed. There are issues that have been taken forward by the police negotiation board. The member will also be aware, and I am very proud of the fact that, unlike the Westminster Government, we have retained independent national collective bargaining for police officers in Scotland. I also met the Prison Officers Association on 18 December, which was an introductory meeting to discuss a range of issues that affect our prison officers in the SPS estate. Does the minister share my disgust at the disgraceful way that Scottish Government contractors G4S have treated their guards with some even-been-handed redundancy notices while handcuffing prisoners? Will he review that contract? The member will be aware that that was a contract that was set up by the last Government in terms of privatising that particular aspect of services that we have inherited. I understand that the SPS, who are engaged with G4S on that particular matter, are in dialogue with them over how they have been handling some of those issues, but the member will recognise that some of the difficulties in that particular contract is the responsibility of his own party colleagues. To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in tackling new cyclap for the substances. First, I thank Graham Dave for his continued interest in the issue and for the work that he has done locally to help tackle those substances. I set out a range of activities being led and funded by the Government in my statement to the chamber on 26 February. I am pleased to confirm that progress is being made in all fronts, including the commissioning of research, developing an agreed definition of NPS, developing the detail of a centre for excellence in forensics and guidance for trading standards and local authorities. Officials are in close contact with the Home Office in respect of what is required to bring those substances under legal control and we will look to engage with our counterparts on this issue as soon as possible following the Westminster election. I have also written to the leaders of each group in this chamber to invite them to nominate a colleague from each party to participate in a ministerial cross-party group to build on the encouraging political consensus in Scotland on tackling those dangerous substances. Thank you for that response. I am sure that the minister will join me in welcoming the recent action taken by the UK Government in introducing a 12-month ban on five different compounds, at least one of which I understand features in up to 60 per cent of the NPS traffic. In Scotland, whilst the ACMD decides whether permanent control measures should be put in place, I wonder how in practice the Scottish Government working with partners such as Police Scotland will raise awareness of the penalties that anyone caught making, supplying or importing those drugs now face and indeed how they will enforce the ban. I welcome the temporary banning order on those substances. Graham Day is quite right that those substances are now controlled under the terms of the Miss Use of Drugs Act 1971. If any intelligence is received that they are being sold, the police will deal with them as they would with any other controlled drug. Police Scotland has hand-delivered letters to premises that are potentially selling those substances. That letter makes owners aware of the banning order, that the conviction of selling those substances could lead up to 14 years in prison and an unlimited fine. Is the minister aware that there are an estimated 14 of those head shops in Edinburgh selling NPS? However, the scale of the problem in other parts of the country is less clear. Can he confirm the number of head shops across the country? If not, what action is being taken to collect this data and to measure the sale of those substances in an effort to properly assess the full extent of the problem and to establish a strategy for dealing with this increasingly worrying problem? I certainly agree with Margaret Mitchell that we face a big challenge in understanding the full extent of NPS use in Scotland. Clearly, that is one of the key tasks that we will hopefully take forward in the ministerial cross-party group in terms of investigating what the statistics show. She is quite right to highlight the number of head shops. Indications are varied in terms of the numbers. I have heard estimates that there are more than 40 in Scotland as a whole, although that may not capture all activity of selling NPS sometimes through shops that are not necessarily identified as head shops, which might be for another purpose, but are also selling NPS to customers. We will try to get a clearer picture on the scale of the problem at a national level and give that assurance to Margaret Mitchell that I will keep her informed of progress in that area. The minister will be aware that I have received a petition from several thousand people in Forfa who are very concerned that there should not be another head shop in Forfa. I wonder whether the minister would agree to meet me so that I can talk through the use issues with him and see what we can do. I am very happy to meet Nigel Dawn to discuss this issue. We are very supportive of the excellent efforts to deal with NPS in the members' local area and have previously commended authorities in Angus for their work. We will be definitely happy to arrange a meeting to discuss the petition and the concerns of the local community. Question 5, Annabelle Golden. As a Scottish Government, what action will it take to reduce reconviction rates among offenders given drug treatment and testing orders? Drug treatment and testing orders, or DTTOs, are a high tariff disposal aimed at individuals with entrenched drug misuse problems who off-offend as a result of their addiction and, but otherwise, face a custodial sentence. The Scottish Government recognises that DTTOs have the highest reconviction rate compared with other court disposals. Over the past decade, there has, however, been consistent progress in reducing those figures since 2002-03. The overall reconviction rate has fallen by nearly 18 per cent from 75 to 62 out of 100. The Scottish Government will continue to work with delivery partners to ensure that DTTOs are targeted at the most suitable offenders who can best benefit from the intensive demands of that regime. The Minister will be aware that recently published figures confirm that almost two-thirds of such offenders were re-offended within a year, and that is an upward trend. That is serving neither justice nor the offender. Does the minister agree that that is profoundly unsatisfactory? Is he prepared to instruct a review of how such offenders can be given more effective disposals on conviction? I just outlined in my original answer the first figure that Annabelle Goldie quoted is in line with what I said in terms of almost two-thirds, but there has, as I indicated, been a reduction since 2002-03. However, taking the more substantive point that Annabelle Goldie raised, we keep those matters under review. There has been a recent evaluation. Over the period 2002-2004, found that DTTOs have a positive and dramatic impact on drug use and offending, which was sustained for at least six months after the end of an order. We are also looking at the importance of the DTTO2 variant, which is for perhaps less, for mainly impacting on women and children. It seems to have had some success in dealing with the re-offending behaviour there. I am happy to deal with the matter in correspondence with Annabelle Goldie. Is there anything specific that she is looking for in detail to help her inform her work? The name of Gavin Brown has been withdrawn for understandable reasons. 7. Adam Ingram To ask the Scottish Government how it assists offenders in tackling drug abuse problems. All offenders receive a healthcare assessment at the reception point in prison. The assessment includes questions on substance misuse. Those identified as having a drug issue and test positive for drugs are offered a continuation of any community-based, opiate replacement therapy or prescribed treatment. Prisoners are offered the opportunity to engage with addiction services while in prison where they can assess harm reduction information, brief interventions for drug misuse and assessment by an addiction's case worker, including onward referral on release. The substance misuse work stream of the national prisoner healthcare network is finalising reports with recommendations to ensure a consistent approach in the management of substance misuse in the prisoner population, based on the recovery-oriented system of care model, and the report is due to be published in September this year. I was going to ask supplementary drug treatment and testing orders, but Annabelle Goldie pre-empted me. It might be a question of great minds, I think alike, or maybe not. The fact that DTTOs appear to be having some impact on reducing reconviction rates, how are you going to build on that? Are there other factors or measures that you can bring into play to help reduce reconviction? Adam Ingram raised an important point. There is a process of evaluation that was published in Gli 2010 that suggested that DTTOs 2 are particularly effective in targeting women offenders, as I said in response to Annabelle Goldie. A further internal evaluation of the pilot scheme in late 2014 found that the service continues to achieve its aims of breaching lower tariff offenders and effectively targeting women and young people who are more likely to complete a DTTOs 2 than a full DTTOs. That continues to enjoy overwhelmingly positive support from sentencers and is associated with reductions in recidivism. There are clearly other measures outside of the conventional DTTOs, which are perhaps more onerous for some people to comply with, but we will continue to keep under review the range of measures that we have to help to reduce re-offending. That is something that the cabinet secretary is particularly keen to tackle. Question 8, Paul Martin. Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to tackle antisocial behaviour in Glasgow province. The Scottish Government is committed to tackling antisocial behaviour to improve the lives of all our communities. I am pleased to inform that the multi-agency tasking and co-ordinating process that is developed by partners, including Police Scotland, Community Safety Glasgow, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and British Transport Police, has seen combined year-in-year reductions in antisocial behaviour across the province area as a whole. I believe that partnership working is central to tackling antisocial behaviour in robust and meaningful ways. For example, I am aware that the collaborative work between Police Scotland, Housing Associations and Community Safety Glasgow has targeted the issues surrounding gang fighting occurring between rival groups in the traditional schemes, given that those behaviours have been a blight on the area for decades. The importance of this work cannot be underestimated and we must continue to drive it forward. That is why I am pleased to be able to confirm that the multi-agency tasking and co-ordinating process is being reviewed to bring on board more partner agencies and to ensure that the good work that has been achieved today can be sustained and further built upon in the longer time. I recognise a great deal of positive work that has been done in tackling gang fighting in Glasgow. Despite some of the publicity and respect to Easterhouse, Easterhouse is an area that has very positive things going on in that part of my constituency, but it still considers to be the case that antisocial behaviour has been under-reported. I think that a lot of that refers to the fact that it is still a cost associated with calling the one-on-one service. Does the minister agree with me that there should be no cost to anyone, no matter which mobile operator they deal with, when they make a call to the one-on-one service and will the Government fund that to ensure that it is a free service? I certainly welcome Mr Martin's positive comments and I appreciate his constructive tone in terms of his question. The closure is worth pointing out in terms of the one-on-one calls issue that Mr Martin raises that there is a fixed cost indeed of 15 pence, but that is irrespective of the length of the call, the time of the day, the call is made or whether the call is made from a landline phone or indeed a mobile. Police Scotland's website states that the reason for charge being levied in calls is due to their always having been a cost associated with non-emergency calls. Having said that, I appreciate the point that he is making, clearly we obviously tried to make sure that local communities have as much access as possible to report incidents. Clearly, if there is a situation where a crime is in progress or indeed there is a fear for partsum and safety, I would certainly encourage them to phone 999, but we will certainly take on board Mr Martin's points and our negotiations with Bruce Lee, Bruce Crawford. That is the Scottish Government. What progress it is making regarding its consultation on the future of the custodial estate for women? Throughout March, a series of public consultation workshops were held in the eight community justice authorities across Scotland. In addition, separate events were held with SPS staff and women who are currently in custody. The views of the families of women in custody have also been taken into account. My officials are now looking at best practice and other jurisdictions and will be hosting an international symposium for academics and expert practitioners at the end of May. That will ensure that we learn from innovation across the world as we develop a new approach to custody for women. However, whilst we are committed to providing high-quality custodial facilities for women, custody must be seen as part of the sentencing options as a last resort. Our wider aspiration is to reduce the use of custody as a disposal, with as many women as possible being supported in the community. The cabinet secretary has agreed with me that, in regard to the future of Cortenvale prison, we need to see emerging in the future of a facility that is highly regarded as the centre of excellence as part of the custodial estate for women, utilising the expertise and the highly trained staff who currently work at the prison. The member raises a good point. The use of Cortenvale site is being considered as part of the overall plans to reshape our female custodial facilities across Scotland. Any facility that is to be based at Cortenvale would have to be a new fit for purpose facility and not a continued use of the existing facilities. However, developing a youth custodial environment is only part of our overall policy to improve outcomes for women offenders. We will be working to ensure that custody is used as infrequently as possible and is seen as a sentence of last resort. Many thanks. We now move to questions 2 on rural affairs food and the environment. Question 1 has not been lodged and a less than satisfactory answer explanation has been given in the name of Drew Smith. Question 2, Margaret Mitchell. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the review of waste spreading, including sewage sludge. The review of waste spreading is under way. The Scottish Government, in partnership with SEPA, Environment Agency and Scottish Water, has already held a number of meetings with stakeholders to better understand the key issues regarding the spreading of sewage sludge on land. In particular, my officials have met representatives of communities within the member's constituency to hear their concerns. We want to make sure that where sewage sludge is stored or spread to land, it is done safely and does not cause nuisance or inconvenience to the general public. As part of the review, we are looking closely at the legislation, processes and guidance underpinning the practice, and further meetings with key interests will take place in the coming weeks. Given that the cabinet secretary has met constituents in my area, he will be aware of the problems associated with the spreading of sewage sludge in the Falkirk area, in particular Shield Hall, Slamannan, Avonbridge and California, which has created intolerable living conditions for residents and has affected their health, including those suffering with respiratory ailments. It has also resulted in the cancelling of a primary school sports day due to the stench making children physically sick in the playground. Given that unacceptable situation has persisted for several years now, what is the cabinet secretary doing to address those specific problems now? Margaret Mitchell conveys some of the concerns that are expressed by some communities in relation to the issue. Of course, I was listening closely and that is why I gave instructions for the review to begin. I can assure Margaret Mitchell and other members of the chamber that the issues raised will be taken into account by the review and treated seriously. I hope to have a report back from the review group around the summer of this year. I welcome the review and a meeting with Scottish Government officials next week, along with concerned constituents. The inconsistencies in treatment of sewage waste, as explained to me by SEPA, are indeed unacceptable. Some waste is dried only, while some is also treated depending on availability of facilities. In announcing the review, the cabinet secretary stated that he is confident that the review will enable us to strike the right balance between the benefits of using sewage ludge and the controls that protect both the public and the wider environmental interests. Can the cabinet secretary now clarify whether the review will consider the appropriateness of spreading human sewage at all on land, and can he also make available for members of the public and members of his chamber the terms of reference of the review? I would have to remind the chamber that we are talking about activities that have been carried out safely for many years in Scotland. However, there are issues, as members are quite rightly raising, and that is the purpose of the review, is to look at those specific issues and others that anyone wants to bring to their attention. However, there is a remit in place, and I am happy to write to both the members who have raised the subject today or others who may afterwards. With the remit of the review, I am reiterating it right now. It will take quite a while, and also clearly give you the opportunity to feed into the review directly, and it would be helpful to have your comments and experiences in relation to your constituents. The review into the spreading of sewage sludge is welcome. However, I urge the cabinet secretary and the Scottish Government to consider increasing capacity for the incineration of sewage pellets, as is the norm in other northern European countries, which would go some way towards helping residents who suffer regularly from a stench from sewage sludge, which is applied to farmland in Scotland and in the upper braze area of my constituency. As Angus MacDonald will be aware, there are already regulations in place, and there is a waste hierarchy. Incineration of sludge can be part of energy recovery with appropriate, equipped and licensed facilities. However, there is a hierarchy, and it has a certain place in that pecking order. Therefore, there are other options that are perhaps preferred for dealing with sludge, but incineration is certainly one option, and it is available at the moment, so I just want to reassure the member that that is the case. What progress is being made in rolling out access to local authority flooding data sets that have been developed through the use of LiDAR technology? LiDAR technology provides topographical information, which is a valuable tool in flood modelling across large areas. Two phases of data collection have been undertaken since 2010, targeting specific areas that are identified as vulnerable to flooding. That has been a multi-agency project, and it is part of the contribution. SIPA has been in direct contact with individual local authorities to inform them as to its availability and relevant licensing requirements. I thank the minister for that answer. Does she agree that the high level of detail provided by LiDAR data sets is the best defence against flooding risk, as long as councils have the right tools to use that data in full? If so, will the Government do all that it can to ensure that councils have the right tools, and will she support collaborative procurement of the best available software in order to deliver on agreed planning policy objectives in this field? I thank Lewis MacDonald for his supplementary point. We are looking to develop an appropriate mechanism to allow wider sharing of the data amongst agencies that are being picked up as part of the open data initiative. In the meantime, we are providing wider access to public bodies on a case-by-case basis. To receive the data, each public sector organisation must obviously sign a licensing agreement to the terms and conditions of its use. In terms of the data that has been made available more widely, the procurement exercise for these projects recognised the potential wider value that the data has across the public sector and allows wider use that is in the public goods. Public authorities in flood risk management already have access to the information and are able to use it more widely within the terms of the licence, and we are looking at being able to develop practical ways in which the data can be made more widely available. To ask the Scottish Government who is responsible for ensuring the water quality in relation to new building developments. Scottish Water is responsible for ensuring that the quality of drinking water supplied to the boundary of properties is wholesome, as defined by the Public Water Supply Scotland Regulations 2014. The duty is regulated by the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland. The developer is responsible for ensuring that infrastructure on a new development is of a satisfactory standard to ensure that water quality is maintained and to enable adoption by Scottish Water. I thank the minister for that answer, and this is an issue that I have highlighted to the minister in terms of my own constituency in new farm veal estate. The problem that residents in this estate are facing appear to run across a number of Government departments with Scottish Water sitting within the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, then we have planning sitting within the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. My issue is that my constituents have been let down by the failure within the system to ensure that developers are putting the proper water and sewage infrastructure in place. Will the minister agree to meet me and discuss that and possibly look at the fact that it runs across three different departments and how best we can take that forward? I agree that the situation at new farm veal is completely unacceptable. The Government is working with Scottish Water to understand the full scale of the problem. It is important that solutions are found as malfunctioning sewage systems have significant public health implications. Ideally, the infrastructure should be vested in Scottish Water. However, we need to understand the remedial costs for each case and to understand how those can be funded. I understand that Mr Rowley is due to meet with Scottish Water to discuss what options are available in the case of new farm veal. I have also asked that the Government and Scottish Water work together to understand whether there are any further measures that can be implemented to minimise the likelihood of such problems occurring in the future. However, I would be more than happy to meet Alex Rowley to discuss that further. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing in this year of food and drink to encourage local authorities and NHS boards to promote Scottish food. The Scottish Government is working with local authority caterers association and Education Scotland to deliver a year of food and drink activities across schools in Scotland. That includes, for instance, the development of theme days and also a food calendar for school meals. In addition, a school's local providence handbook is being developed to identify and promote local school meal suppliers. We are also in discussion with the NHS on what further steps it can take to further raise the profile of Scottish food, building on the good progress that it is already making to source local healthy produce. For example, the NHS is working closely with the Soil Association to seek the Food for Life Catering Mark award, which signals a commitment to local food and providence. Cabinet Secretary for that answer, does he believe that there is even greater scope for local authorities and NHS boards to lead by example? Whenever possible, procure local food for their own use, making sure that there are no irrational barriers to the purchase of local produce in their procurement processes. Is he aware of any local authorities or health boards who are following good practice in this regard and which could be used as an example for others to follow? There are many local authorities that have been setting good standards of practice such as in Ayrshire and Tayside and elsewhere, and many others are now upping their game. I do believe that there is still lots of scope for improved sourcing of local produce in the public sector, particularly local authorities, the NHS and elsewhere, but I also believe that good progress has been made and this issue has much higher up the agenda than ever before. I think that over the coming months and years we will continue to make good progress and as part of becoming a good food nation we have to ensure that people in our hospitals, care homes, prisons and schools are able to access Scotland's fantastic larder. I am sure that we are all agreed that it would be in the interests of the health of many people in Scotland if we had a much higher percentage of fresh local food used in schools and hospitals. Will the Government undertake in partnership with Food Standards Scotland to promote actively and vigorously appropriate public sector procurement practices to further that objective? As I indicated my answer, there are a number of public agencies that are already involved in taking the agenda forward with their members, such as the local government associations, Education Scotland and so on. The new food standards body has a slightly extended remit compared to the old body and will hopefully be taking more of an interest in those kinds of issues, so I will ensure that they are aware of the members' interests. I think that all Scotland's public sector and all our agencies have to rally round the cause. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I will ensure that we will be funding from Aberdeenshire Council and the Scottish Seafood Partnership in order that there will be a seafood cooking facility at this year's test of Grampian, as it has been in previous years. I have attended virtually every taste of Grampian since I was appointed minister. There are fantastic showcases for local produce in the north-east of Scotland. I recall last year attending the seafood tent, which was a complete sell-out. I remember that some of the local companies had to send for fresh stock by noon because they were so popular. It is certainly an asset to the taste of Grampian, the seafood tent. It has, of course, received a grant from Events Scotland this year to help to celebrate the year of food and drink, so I hope that the showcasing of seafood is part of our plans, and I am sure that it will be, and I will double-check that that is what it has been used for. To ask the Scottish Government how the rural affairs directorate is helping farms and other rural businesses to take advantage of the opportunities arising from the tourism industry. The Scottish Government and its agencies continue to work with the rural businesses to recognise and build on the potential growth opportunities afforded by tourism. Over £28 million was distributed through our last rural development programme to a range of tourism-related businesses to support the rural economy, and our new programme will build on that success and continue to make funding and support available for tourism-related actions across rural Scotland, involving many of our local businesses. Will the cabinet secretary agree that local authorities should do their best to help rural businesses and farms by being less obstructive and cut a bit of red tape? Unlike the City of Edinburgh Council, which has refused a simple request from the owner of Craigies Farm outside Queensferry in my constituency, to have roadside signs erected in order to attract the ever-growing number of tourists and locals who wish to use the new services? In terms of Craigies, just as I said, Edinburgh, the farm shop and restaurant is a fantastic location. I have been there at least two or three times over the past few years, and Johnston Clear, the chap who runs that, does a lot to support local food. I feel that the local authority, like the rest of the public sector, should support his efforts in boosting the tourism potential of that location, because those locations play a crucial role in local food tourism. Yes, sometimes we are too heavy-handed in terms of the brown tourism signs, and perhaps the local authority could do what they can to support his efforts to make an even bigger contribution to local tourism. Many thanks. Question 7, and the name of Neil Findlay has been withdrawn, and the satisfactory explanation has been provided. Question 8, in the name of Rhoda Grant, is not lodged, and a less than satisfactory explanation has been provided. 9. Richard Lyle Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the potato industry. The Scottish Government provides scientific and technical advice to the industry and conducts diagnostic surveillance and scientific research on a number of plant health-related issues. At the present time, we fund around £4 million per year on potato-related scientific research in Scotland. We also facilitate worldwide trade and seed potatoes by hosting inward missions with the Potato Council to improve contact with foreign officials, with aim, of course, of influencing import conditions in the visitors' countries. That demonstrates to potential export markets the quality benefits of Scotland's high health status and worldwide reputation as a producer of quality seed. 9. Richard Lyle Thank you, cabinet secretary, for that answer. The potato industry is worth a total of £4.7 billion to the UK economy, with seed exports alone contributing £209 million to the Scottish economy, and retail sales value at £117 million. Average yields have increased by 18 per cent in the last 20 years. What further action can the Scottish Government take to ensure that the humble potato is promoted across Scottish Government policy documents to highlight the inexpensive source of nutrition? 9. Richard Lyle There is a lot of work undergoing at the moment, and the member rightly highlights the important role that our Tati sector plays in terms of Scottish agriculture, and our food sector is a particularly valuable sector to Scotland, worth about £170 million a year. Of course, Scotland is a world leader, as I am sure many members are aware of producing seed potatoes. There is a lot of thought going on just now to promote more than ever before the health benefits of potatoes, and I think that there is cross-party support for that. There have recently been events held in the chamber, and the Scottish Government certainly supports that. I know that the National Farmers Union has also encouraged the potato council to use a much higher proportion of the statutory levies to fund promotional work highlighting the health benefits of potatoes, and that is perhaps one way that we can address the decline in consumption that has been experienced in recent years, because our Tati's are fantastic quality in Scotland. They are very tasty, and they are good for you as well. The Scottish Government will seek an extension to the deadline for the registration of single application forms for rural payments and services. I am sure that the member will be pleased to know that I announced on Wednesday 15 April that Scotland will extend the application period for farmers and crofters to submit its single application form by a month, giving a new deadline of June 15 this year. I thank the cabinet secretary, and I am sure that it is a huge relief to the whole rural sector that the deadline has now been extended, because it has been very clear indeed from the printed farming press that farmers have been very angry that their concerns, which were expressed as early as December last year, were not addressed when the problem first arose. What assurances can the cabinet secretary give that lessons have been learnt from this regrettable situation, which has actually cost £130 million of taxpayers' money? Can he provide a categorical assurance that it will not have an adverse impact on the timing of farm payments next December, or delay the SRDP application process? Firstly, the investment that the member refers to is an investment in the new common agricultural policy that has to be delivered over the next five years, and not simply as a result of some of the difficulties that we have encountered over the past few weeks, which I readily accept have caused enormous frustration for some farmers and some agents in Scotland. I think that the chamber will recognise that the UKAP is very complex, and this is a transition year. In the first few weeks, we are always going to be challenging, and we have to learn lessons from those challenges. I very much accept that. However, we are making progress, and many farmers are determined to submit their applications online. I would also remind the chamber, of course, that since day one, farmers and agents have been able to submit using paper as well, and many have done so. We are working flat out to fix some of the IT issues, because even the agents that I have been speaking to in the farmers, as I said before, who are frustrated—I very well understand by some of those flaws in the computer system—are determined that online is the way forward. Of course, that brings advantages, because errors in the application forms themselves can be fixed straight away, as opposed to having enormous delays, which can sometimes happen from paper submissions. We are working flat out on that. On the impact on the timetable for actual payments, which are normally December under the old policy, and we hope to continue that under the new policy, I will keep the industry up to date. However, we are doing our best to stay on schedule, but clearly, as the months go by, I will keep the chamber and the industry up to date in terms of the payment schedule.