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Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Mar. 14 2024

Source Page: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: islands community impact assessment
Document: Land Reform Bill – ICIA (PDF)

Found: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: islands community impact assessment

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
 Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

Report Mar. 18 2024

Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill This report sets out the Rural

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
 Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

Report Mar. 18 2024

Committee: Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Found: Stage 1 report on the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill This report sets out the Rural

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Jan. 31 2024

Source Page: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need permission
Document: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need permission (webpage)

Found: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need permission

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Natural England

Jan. 31 2024

Source Page: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need permission
Document: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need permission (webpage)

Found: Changing uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land: when you need permission

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Feb. 21 2024

Source Page: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Equality Impact Assessment
Document: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Equality Impact Assessment (webpage)

Found: Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Equality Impact Assessment

Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-26393
Friday 19th April 2024

Asked by: Hamilton, Rachael (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned minimum land size threshold required for farmers to receive agricultural payments under the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill, including what assessment it undertook to arrive at the planned threshold of 3ha, and what evidence supports this decision.

Answered by Gougeon, Mairi - Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

The adaptive framework under the new Bill will enable tailored provisions and support to be implemented to support our food producers and we continue to co-develop effective policies to deliver the Vision for Agriculture. As a framework Bill it will not set thresholds which could restrict future flexibility.

How these powers will be used are set out in the Bills associated Policy Memorandum and Explanatory notes .

Future eligibility criteria will be co-developed with partners through the Ag Reform Programme.

Written Question
Agriculture: Education
Tuesday 30th January 2024

Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and the Department of Education in Northern Ireland on the potential merits of teaching agriculture in schools in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

Education is devolved in Northern Ireland. Therefore, with a small number of exceptions, the department’s responsibilities relate to England only.

In England, the science national curriculum has space for agriculture to be taught in various places. For example, in the science Key Stage 1 and 2 topics of ‘Plants’, and ‘Living things and their habitats’, the biology Key Stage 3 topics of ‘Reproduction’ (in plants, including fertilisation) and ‘Relationships in an ecosystem’, and the Key Stage 4 topics of ‘Evolution, inheritance and variation’.

The department does not specify how schools should teach the curriculum, instead the national curriculum is a framework setting out the content of what the department expects schools in England to cover in each subject. The department believes that teachers should be able to use their own knowledge, professional expertise and understanding of their pupils to determine what is the most appropriate way for them to teach, the aim here being that they develop the right approach for the pupils in their particular school.

There is also an Agriculture, Land Management and Production T Level available to students in England. During the two-year programme, students will learn the core knowledge and skills that are needed for entry to a range of agriculture, land management and production occupations that include agricultural engineer, farmer, and tree surgeon, amongst a number of others.

Whilst education is a devolved matter, if it would be helpful, departmental officials would be content to meet their relevant counterparts in the Department of Education and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.

Select Committee
Open letter from the Chair to a future EFRA Committee outlining its current areas of interest and open inquiries, dated 24 May

Correspondence May. 24 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: -based sectors, Fairness in the food supply chain, and UK trade policy: food and agriculture.

Non-Departmental Publication (Services)
Natural England

Jan. 30 2024

Source Page: Apply for consent to change uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land
Document: Apply for consent to change uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land (webpage)

Found: Apply for consent to change uncultivated, semi-natural and rural land