Westminster appears to be entirely comfortable with a tariff-free deal with a country whose standards – chemicals harmful to bees and aquatic ecosystems, the use of paraquat, no review period whatsoever for pesticides – fall way short of our own.
“Scotland currently exports 13.5% of our marketed tonnage of seed potatoes to the EU, generating valuable income for our rural economy.”
Scotland will have no power over fishing quotas – that will be reserved for the UK Government to decide.
86% of Scotland’s farm land is designated as a ‘Less Favoured Area’.
