PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Agriculture: Scotland (29 March 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the effect of that Government's policies for land reform on UK agriculture policy after the UK leaves the EU.

Asked by:
Andrew Bowie (Conservative)

The Secretary of State last met with the Scottish Government and other devolved administrations on 26 February to discuss the Government’s consultation document ‘Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a green Brexit’. The Government is committed to working closely with the devolved administrations to deliver an approach that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the needs and individual circumstances of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. Future agriculture policy including policies for land reform is a matter for individual devolved administrations.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
16 April 2018