draft Scotland Act 1998 (Specification of Devolved Tax) (Wild fisheries) Order 2017 Debate
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Douglas Chapman
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draft Scotland Act 1998 (Specification of Devolved Tax) (Wild fisheries) Order 2017
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Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and West Fife) (SNP)
Scottish National party Members certainly welcome the changes and the return of powers to the Scottish Parliament. I know that this matter has been negotiated and long discussed between the various Governments.
Stewardship of all resources is taken very seriously by the Scottish Government, and in no area more so than fisheries. As other talks continue, we obviously also want to see the repatriation of, for example, North sea fishing stocks and the Seafish levy, and we want a phased discard scheme to be introduced. However, those issues are for another day. Will the Minister comment on when he thinks the powers will in fact be transferred?