David Maddox: Fishy business by the Scottish Government

Just ahead of the crunch vote on the Climate Change Bill (Scotland) it might be worth taking a quick nosy at the Scottish Government's current credentials on saving the world from ecological disaster.

Some of you may have seen the amazing and apocalyptic (if you are a fish) film End of the Line, which has made waves around the world. The thought-provoking documentary is film based on the book by the Daily Telegraph’s Environmental Editor Charles Clover, revealing the impact of over-fishing the oceans, in the sense that they will be empty pretty soon unless something is done.

Obviously, Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead, who has made his name by cosying up to Scotland's fishing lobby, has not seen the film or doesn't believe it. That can only explain the Scottish Government's recently launched Eat More Fish Campaign.

The campaign may be one of the reasons why the Greens are less than convinced about the SNP's commitment to climate change targets.

As Green MSP Robin Harper put it to me: "This is a clear case of the Government collaborating with industry in the face of well-founded scientific criticism. Without a change in tack from the SNP and other governments worldwide there will simply be no more fish to eat."

Anyway if you like to eat fish here's a picture of Mr Lochhead from the campaign showing us just how its best done:

Gerri Peev: Green baits Jacqui

IF the Home Secretary returns to her constituency home to find a horses' head in her bed, she can rest assured that it won't be some cable-inspired fetish of her husband's for once.

The phrase employed by Damian Green could hold some clues to this.

Green, the shadow immigration minister who was cuffed and fingerprinted last November over his role in publicising Home Office leaks, has been cleared of any conspiracy by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

After having his home and parliamentary office turned over, he is still - understandably - a little angry.

Smith should beware. At a briefing of Lobby hacks, Green was asked where he thought responsibility for the misguided police probe lay. Sporting a Camorra-esque glint in his eye, he said: "I prescribe to the old Italian proverb - fish stink from the head down."

The government is not off the hook on this one.