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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 30 April 2025
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Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

Only if you are representing the witnesses’ contribution.

I want to ask a supplementary question on the issue, just before I bring Mr Kerr back in. The most recent trade figures have shown that the food and drinks industry’s exports to Europe have reduced by two thirds since the implementation of Brexit. The industry feels that that is partly because the Europeans are not subject to the same pressures as our producers, because of the lack of border controls. If the border controls were implemented, do you think that there would be an industry swell lobbying the EU side of these negotiations to have a better deal, given that those producers would feel the same pressures that have resulted in two thirds of our trade being lost?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

Thank you, cabinet secretary. I will start the questions. In the annexe of your letter to the committee, you say:

“The lack of progress on a number of key policy priorities is clearly disappointing”.

You go on to describe the limits of the specialised committee process. What are your expectations for the forthcoming UK-EU summit, the TCA Partnership Council meeting and the next round of the specialist committees, and what would you like to see done differently?

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

Thank you. I would also like to ask about mobility, which you mentioned, and, in particular, youth mobility. We recently heard from young people who face the challenges of studying in the EU outside the Erasmus+ scheme. We also heard from representatives of our culture sector about the impact on touring artists.

What would you like to say to the young Scots who feel that their life experiences are being damaged at the moment? How would they benefit if the UK were to rejoin the creative Europe programme?

09:45  

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

We have to acknowledge that our Scottish students have accessed the Turing scheme.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

I am going to move on now, if that is okay.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

I am sorry, Patrick, but Neil Bibby has a supplementary on that area.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

Thank you. I will bring Mr Kerr back in.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

Most of the work that was done by the college was SEEP-funded. For an area such as my own constituency, with its high levels of deprivation, that onward journey through further education colleges is vital, and they do a wonderful job at trying to keep those links together.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

I think that that is your answer for this morning, Mr Kerr.

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Draft]

Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Clare Adamson

Thank you. We move to questions from members, starting with Patrick Harvie.