National good food nation plan 5 1 Requirement to produce plan (1) The Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish, and (b) lay before the Scottish Parliament, a national good food nation plan. 10 (2) Subsection (1) must be complied with before the end of the period of 3 months beginning 1 with the expiry of the consideration period mentioned in section 1B. (3) The national good food nation plan must set out— (a) the main outcomes in relation to food-related issues which the Scottish Ministers want to be achieved in relation to Scotland, 15 (b) indicators or other measures by which progress in achieving the outcomes may be assessed, and (c) the policies which the Scottish Ministers intend to pursue in order to secure the achievement of the outcomes. (4) The national good food nation plan may include such other material in relation to 20 food-related issues as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (5) In determining the content of the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard, among other things, to the scope for food-related issues to affect outcomes in relation to— (a) social and economic wellbeing, 25 (b) the environment, including in particular in relation to— (i) climate change, and (ii) wildlife and the natural environment, (c) health and physical and mental wellbeing (including in particular through the provision of health and social care services), SP Bill 4A Session 6 (2022) 2 Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (d) economic development, (e) animal welfare, (f) education, and (g) child poverty. 5 1A Preparation of plan: principles In preparing the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to— (a) the fact that each part of the food system and supply chain plays an important role in the provision of food, 10 (b) the role of sustainable food production in contributing to mitigation of climate 1 change, halting and reversing of loss of biodiversity and improvement in animal welfare, (c) the ability of high quality, nutritious and culturally appropriate food to improve the health and physical and mental wellbeing of people, 15 (d) the fact that adequate food is a human right (as part of the right to an adequate standard of living set out in Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and essential to the realisation of other human rights, (e) the importance of the food business sector— (i) continuing to be a thriving part of the Scottish economy, 20 (ii) having resilient supply chains, (iii) operating with fair work standards, and (iv) in contributing to resilient local economies across Scotland. 1B Requirement to lay proposed plan before the Parliament (1) Before complying with the requirement to lay a national good food nation plan in section 25 1(1), the Scottish Ministers must— (a) lay the proposed plan before the Scottish Parliament, and (b) before finalising the plan have regard to— (i) any representations about the proposed plan that are made to them, (ii) any resolution relating to the proposed plan passed by the Parliament, and 30 (iii) any report relating to the draft plan published by any committee of the Parliament for the time being appointed by virtue of the standing orders, before the expiry of the consideration period. (2) The proposed plan must be laid before the Parliament under subsection (1)(a) not later than the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this section 35 comes into force. (3) The Scottish Ministers must, when laying the national good food nation plan before the Parliament under section 1(1), lay a statement setting out— (a) details of any representations, resolutions or reports mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and 3 Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (b) the changes (if any) they have made to the plan in response to such representations, resolutions or reports and the reasons for those changes. (4) In this section “consideration period” means the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the proposed plan is laid before the Parliament under subsection (1)(a). 5 (5) In calculating the period of 28 days mentioned in subsection (4), no account is to be taken of any period during which the Parliament is dissolved or in recess...