Chamber and committees

The review into snaring will be undertaken by Scottish Natural Heritage who will provide a report to Scottish Ministers by 31 December 2016.

Scottish Ministers will then lay a report of the review before the Scottish Parliament, as set out in Section 11F of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Further to the answer to question S4W-27213, 2,542 people had attended the training by 1 July 2016.

There is no requirement at present for a snaring operator to de-register their snaring identification number when the person who is granted the number a) ceases employment in snaring, b) retires, or c) dies.

The snaring review, due to be completed by the end of 2016, will review the changes made through the Wildlife and Environment Act 2011 and the Snares (Scotland) Order 2010, including the snaring operator registration process.

Further to the answer to question S4W-27214, 1,463 people had obtained an identification number by 1 July 2016.

The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 confers similar powers on Police Scotland and local authorities regarding enforcement. Local authorities, however, have specific responsibilities for licensing of pet shops, dog breeders and dealers, and enforcement of animal welfare during transport and on farms.

<>I met with representatives of Graham's Dairy on 5 December 2014, at which various issues were discussed, including development proposals.

I met with representatives of Graham's Dairy on 5 December 2014, at which various issues were discussed, including development proposals.

The Scottish Government carried out an initial assessment of the Section D provisions of Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and considered it unlikely that these would to any appreciable extent restrict the legislation which the Scottish Parliament can pass in the interests of the public and the environment. Since then, it was announced on 29 February 2016 that the European Commission and the Canadian Government have agreed to include a new approach on investment protection and investment dispute settlement, the investor court system in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

The Scottish Government has carried out an initial assessment of Section D investment protection provisions and has made clear to the UK Government and the European Commission that trade agreements must not adversely affect the delivery of public services, lower standards, or limit the government’s right to regulate in the public interest.

The former Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and the Environment wrote to the UK Government's Secretary of State for Agriculture, Rural Affairs and the Environment about protected food names in the comprehensive economic and trade agreement in September 2015. Scottish Government officials met with trade representatives from the Canadian High Commission in March and May 2015 and had high level discussions on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.