{"id":495,"date":"2018-11-13T10:20:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T10:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/?p=495"},"modified":"2018-11-13T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T10:20:58","slug":"coverage-on-uk-agriculture-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/rural-environment\/2018\/11\/13\/coverage-on-uk-agriculture-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Coverage on UK Agriculture Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, various media outlets are running a piece calling on the Scottish and UK Government\u2019s to break the \u201ccurrent political log-jam\u201d on how to agree future policy, financial frameworks and repatriation of agriculture powers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The pieces call for \u201cmeaningful progress\u201d to be made on the legal mechanisms required to make agricultural payments in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, and follows a letter published<\/a> by NFUS Scotland president Andrew McCornick to Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing and DEFRA Secretary of State Michael Gove.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Our response to these claims are as follows.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said:<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the whole of the Scottish Parliament\u2019s lifetime, farm policy and support in Scotland has been determined by membership of the EU, and more specifically CAP. The Agriculture Bill, as currently drafted, gives the Secretary of State wide powers to decide how farm support payments everywhere in the UK will be classified in relation to international trade rules, and to set limits on how much can be paid out by each administration. These are unilateral powers for the UK Government despite agriculture being a devolved area. This is unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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