date:Mar 05, 2013
isky Association chief executive Gavin Hewitt said: We are disappointed that the Scottish government did not include the Scotch Whisky industry among the list of exempted activities when drafting the Bill, given its economic importance to Scotland.
'Long-term concerns'
Even more unfortunately, we were not consulted on the issue.
Although no distillery currently uses the proposed daily limit for water extraction, the industry does have long-term concerns about how the legislation could be used