Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding whether it will maintain the level of common agriculture policy (CAP) support given to Scotland's farmers after the UK leaves the EU.
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 give the guarantees rural Scotland needs and 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
16 June - Letter from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice
22/24/27 June – Letters from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice and David Mundell
16 August - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Andrea Leadsom
9 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice
22 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing to George Eustice
23 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing letter to Andrea Leadsom
29 September - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Ms Leadsom
30 November - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Andrea Leadsom
2017
19 January - Letter from Fergus Ewing to Andrea Leadsom