Agriculture, Current Challenges Facing the Sector and the Opportunities

As an amendment to motion S4M-14327 in the name of Richard Lochhead (Agriculture, Current Challenges Facing the Sector and the Opportunities), leave out from second “notes” to “repatriate the industry's” and insert “regrets the Scottish Government’s decision to rule out the cultivation of GM crops without having taken any scientific advice or debate on the potential benefits of biotechnology; notes the critical importance to farmers’ cash-flow of CAP funding being delivered on time; urges the Scottish Government to ensure prompt CAP Pillar 1 payments in December 2015; recognises the UK Government’s commitment to discuss the allocation of its €36.1 million European support package with devolved administrations as a matter of urgency; welcomes the UK Government’s confirmation that it is committed to review the intra-UK CAP budget allocation in 2016-17; seeks an early resolution to ongoing negotiations over the reallocation of".