Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by David Anderson (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 18 January 2017 on behalf of the Scotland Office.
Agriculture
- Question
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Almost two thirds of the UK’s agriculture exports are to the EU. After what we heard from the Prime Minister yesterday, there is an increasing possibility that we could revert to World Trade Organisation trade rules on exit from the
EU. Does the Secretary of State agree with the NFU Scotland, which says that the potential for 20% tariffs as a result of WTO trade rules will be increasingly damaging for the profitability of Scottish agriculture?
- Answer
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The Prime Minister made it clear yesterday that her objective is to achieve the best possible access to the single market, with the minimum of barriers and tariffs. That will be to the benefit of Scottish agriculture. Scottish farmers see the opportunity that leaving the EU provides them, and I am sure that they will seize it and that we will be able to provide the environment in which they will succeed.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 619 c1202
- Session
- 2016-17
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Agriculture Scotland
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