Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Provisional UK Common Frameworks on Chemicals and Pesticides, Plant Health, and Fertilisers
Letter from the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater, 7 February 2022
Dear Finlay
In the previous parliamentary session the then Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism wrote to the then Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee on 16 December 2020 with a summary of the proposed common frameworks on Chemicals and Pesticides, Plant Health, and Fertilisers. I am now writing to you to share the text of these provisional Frameworks with your Committee.
My officials, together with their counterparts in the UK Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive have been working jointly to develop the Chemicals and Pesticides, Plant Health, and Fertilisers Framework. These provisional frameworks were confirmed by the portfolio Ministers of the four governments in January 2021. I am sharing these provisional frameworks for your Committee to scrutinise.
These provisional frameworks consist of a Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat. Please find an updated cover page for each framework attached, with the Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat included as annexes. My officials are happy to provide any further information if that would be helpful.
I am copying this letter and all attachments to Dean Lockhart MSP, Convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee as they may take an interest in these matters, and to Clare Adamson MSP, Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee due to the Committee’s interest in the overall UK Common Framework programme.
Kind regards
Lorna Slater
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Annexe A
Chemicals and Pesticides - cover note (367KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2022
Chemicals and Pesticides - Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (467KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2022
Annexe B
Plant Health - cover note (312KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2022
Plant Health - Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (453KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2022
Annexe C
Fertilisers - cover note (199KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2022
Fertilisers - Provisional Framework Outline Agreement and Concordat (362KB, pdf) posted 10 February 2022