"Q Mr Burgess, the same question: would a Scottish schedule in this Bill, such as Northern Ireland and Wales have, limit the Scottish Government in having its own agricultural policy?
George Burgess: That would, of course, depend on the terms of the schedule. I know that DEFRA has worked …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q On that point, Mr Burgess, would this not provide the opportunity? As the Scottish NFU said, the engine is running on this one, and the two other nations have decided to be involved in it. Would you say, if there was a Scottish schedule that would give certainty …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q Would it limit the Scottish Government in setting their own policy?
George Burgess: As I said earlier, that would entirely depend on the terms of that schedule. We could get into a theoretical argument about whether legislation created by this Parliament could then be amended or overturned by …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q I have a question for Mr Clarke: would you welcome an amendment to the Bill to deal with the meat levy with regard to Scotland?
Alan Clarke: The meat levy has been a major issue not only in Scotland, but in Wales. For a number of years—probably from …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q In one of the pieces of evidence we heard today, Jack Ward of the British Growers Association said it would be a nightmare if we had four producer organisation schemes. That is not about cross-border farming or farms; that is about strawberry growers in Angus working with strawberry …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q Do you perceive a risk of divergence? Is that not fundamentally the point, whether it is on the frameworks or on the producer organisations?
George Burgess: If we look at the producer organisation provisions that we have here, and at the amendments that we have proposed, none of …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q World Trade Organisation rules have come up as a potential concern—that could constrain payments such as less favoured areas or coupled support. It has been said that the Secretary of State could potentially limit devolved Administrations or even England. In earlier evidence, the Royal Society for the Protection …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Q To follow up, as the amber box is as much as £3 billion, it would be highly unlikely unless an entire payment were to go into the amber part of the WTO, where that could be a concern. It is hypothetical as opposed to realistically going to arise, …..." Colin Clark - View Speech
"Can I declare my interests? I am a farmer in receipt of the single farm payment. I am a member of NFU Scotland and an organic producer...." Colin Clark - View Speech