Question reference: S5W-06429
- Asked by: Maree Todd, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 23 January 2017
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 7 February 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding whether Scotland’s 16.5% share of the UK common agriculture policy (CAP) allocation will be reduced under any future rural funding arrangement after the UK leaves the EU.
Answer
The Scottish Government is fully committed to working on and discussing with the UK Government, as well as the other Devolved Administrations, the implications of the UK’s exit from the EU. The UK Government’s statements to date on future funding do not provide any clear information on future funding far less the guarantees rural Scotland needs, I will continue to seek answers to these vital questions on funding from UK Ministers. It is vital that Scotland has the powers it needs to determine the future of policy and funding. We would expect the UK Government to transfer at least the same level of funding Scotland receives through EU funding support in the future to determine its own priorities for investment. It is also vital that the UK Government resolves the long standing issues on Scottish Convergence Funds, Red Meat Levy and Seafish Levy. I have listed the occasions since May 2016 when I have written to UK Ministers about these matters. I am also in regular discussions with UK Ministers, and last discussed these issues with Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Andrea Leadsom, on 2 November, and most recently wrote to her about the red meat levy on 19 January.
2016
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16 June - Letter from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice
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22/24/27 June – Letters from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice and David Mundell
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16 August - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Andrea Leadsom
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9 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice
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22 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice
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23 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing letter to Andrea Leadsom
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29 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Ms Leadsom
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30 November - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Andrea Leadsom
2017
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19 January - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Andrea Leadsom