Agriculture Bill

– in the Scottish Parliament at on 30 September 2020.

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The next item of business is consideration of legislative consent motion S5M-22889, on the Agriculture Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that any provisions in the UK Agriculture Bill, introduced into the House of Commons on 16 January 2020, related to the effect of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and the provision of financial assistance in respect of continuing EU programmes, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, be considered by the UK Parliament.—[

Fergus Ewing.

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