Common Agricultural Policy

As an amendment to motion S4M-08857 in the name of Richard Lochhead (Common Agricultural Policy), leave out from “agrees" to end and insert “acknowledges cross-party representations to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for the full convergence uplift to come to Scotland and expresses deep disappointment at the UK Government’s final decision on budget allocations; notes the proposed commitment from the UK Government to conduct a review of budget allocations throughout the UK; believes that this review must be transparent and based on objective analysis; notes that, while the Welsh Government transferred 15% and the UK Government transferred 12% of pillar 1 funds to pillar 2, the Scottish Government transferred 9.5%; believes that this limits the potential for delivery of the Scotland Rural Development Programme and targeted agri-environmental initiatives and is significantly below the 15% maximum called for by environmental organisations, and supports the ongoing consultation process that must result in the implementation of reform that best suits the needs of farmers, rural communities and the environment.”