2021
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism, and Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, regarding the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meeting on 7 December 2020, 15 January 2021 (171 KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism following up from the evidence session on the impact of Brexit on the rural economy on 2 December regarding, the Trade and Agriculture Commission, 5 February 2021 (182 KB pdf)
- Response to Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee for call for evidence from NFUS Scotland regarding Women in Agriculture, 5 February 2021 (121 KB pdf)
- Response to Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee for call for evidence from Confor regarding Women in Agriculture, 10 March 2021 (185 KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism regarding, a follow up from the session on 3 March 2021, Agriculture and Fisheries (Update), statement of food and rural childcare, 18 March 2021 (249 KB pdf)
- Letter from Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism regarding, Inter-Ministerial group for enviroment, food and rural affiars (IMG EFRA) meeting, 3 March 2021 (195 KB pdf)
2020
- Letter from the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee regarding the Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Direct Payments for Farmers (Legislative Continuity Bill) (137 KB pdf)
- Related Letters from the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee to the UK and Scottish Governments regarding the Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Direct Payments for Farmers (Legislative Continuity Bill) (162 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, regarding the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 27 January 2020 (885 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans regarding the Legislative Consent Motions for the UK Agriculture and UK Fisheries Bills, 29 January 2020 (44 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Scottish Government regarding the SSI on Plant Health (Official Controls and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations, 6 February 2020 (228 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, regarding Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act, 21 February 2020 (1,845 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, regarding Legislative Consent Motion for the Direct Payments for Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill (1,716 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, regarding the Plant Health and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, 24 February 2020 (379 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, regarding the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meetings during January, February and March 2020, 22 April 2020 (188 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, regarding the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meetings, 12 May 2020 (65 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, regarding the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meeting held in May 2020, 26 June 2020 (161 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism, Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, regarding the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) meeting held in June 2020, 21 July 2020 (105 KB pdf)
- Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, Mairi Gougeon MSP regarding new guidance for the welfare of laying hens, 19 August 2020 (48 KB pdf
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism and the Minister for the Natural Enviroment and Rural Affiars, on Rural Payments and Inspection Division staffing numbers following on from the 9 September REC Committee meeting, 9 September 2020 (184 KB pdf)
- Correspondence from Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism and Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, regarding the Inter-Ministerial Group For Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Meeting on 29 July 2020, 9 September 2020 (165 KB)
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- Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, providing an update on the Organic Production (Organic Indications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, 15 December 2020 (310 KB pdf)
2019
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment to the Committee regarding the Defra and Devolved Administrations Ministeral meeting, 13 February 2019 (181KB pdf)
- Letter from the Scottish Government to the Committee regarding the Zootechnical Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2019, 8 March 2019 (110KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment to the Committee updating on the Inter-Ministeral group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMGEFRA) meeting on the 18 February 2019, 22 March 2019 (384KB pdf)
- Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment to the Committee regarding new gudiance for the welfare of meat chickens and meat breeding chickens, 29 March 2019 (49KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy to the Committee updating on the Inter-Ministeral group for Environment, Food and Rural affairs (IMGEFRA) meeting on the 25 March 2019, 24 April 2019 (410KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform to the Committee updating on the Inter-Ministeral group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMGEFRA) meeting on the 29 April 2019, 30 May 2019 (144KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy to the Committee updating on the Inter-Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMGEFRA) meeting on 24 June 2019, 18 July 2019 (183KB pdf)
- Letter from the Scottish Government to the Committee regarding the Plant Health (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2019 considered by the Committee on 11 September, 19 September 2019 (49KB pdf)
- Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment regarding the Animal Health and Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, 1 October 2019 (238KB pdf)
- Letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment regarding the Pesticides (Amendments) Regulations 2019, 2 October 2019 (442KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy regarding the Crofting Bill, 11 October 2019(515KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy regarding the Scottish Rural Development Programme, 24 October 2019 (60KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy regarding the National Council of Rural Advisers final report, 24 October 2019 (161KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy regarding convergence monies, 29 October 2019 (151KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy regarding disbursement of the convergence funding, 5 November 2019 (332KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy regarding the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill, 7 November 2019 (446KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform and the Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment updating the Committee on a recent meeting of the Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 27 November 2019 (368KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy to the Committee following the meeting on 6 November regarding agriculture and fisheries issues, 2 December 2019 (2381KB pdf)
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, regarding the UK 2020 Direct Payments Bill (856 KB pdf)
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