Question reference: S5W-33797
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 4 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S5W-31753 and S5W-32327 by Fergus Ewing on 16 September and 30 October 2020 respectively, whether it will provide an update on its work towards the publication of the final report of the Farming and Food Production Future Policy Group since the last group meeting in October 2020; in light of Ministers having a draft report in September 2020, for what reason it has not yet been published, and whether the report, which was due to be published in August 2020, will be published by the end of 2020.
Answer
The Farming and Food Production – Future Policy Group (FFP-FPG) met again on 27 October to discuss the content of their draft Report and agreed that further work was needed. As an independent Group, it will be for the Group to determine when it is ready to publish.