Extract from Scotland
Questions
Mr (Orkney and Shetland)
(LD): A no-deal Brexit will be catastrophic for Scotland’s hill
farmers, especially those looking to export sheepmeat to the
European Union. That is not just my view but the view of the
National Farmers Union Scotland and the NFU across the four parts
of the United Kingdom. Can the Secretary of State give me and them
some assurance that he will not just sit in Cabinet and watch their
livelihoods destroyed?
The Secretary of State for Scotland (): I have been very clear
throughout my time in Cabinet about the importance of agriculture
to Scotland and the needs of Scotland’s agriculture industry, and
I will continue to be so.
Extracts from
Westminster Hall debate on Workplace Deaths:
Scotland
(Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)
(Con): Does the hon. Gentleman share the concerns expressed by
National Farmers Union Scotland that the number of deaths in the
agriculture sector increased by five to 13 in 2018-19? That
happened despite the best efforts of the Farm Safety Foundation,
the Health and Safety Executive and the NFU itself. In the UK as
a whole, agriculture, forestry and fishing have the worst
fatality figures of the main industrial sectors. Does he agree
that the UK and Scottish Governments need to assist—
Ms (in the Chair): Order.
Interventions should be short.
(Coatbridge, Chryston and
Bellshill) (Lab): I thank the hon. Gentleman, who makes his point
very clearly. A lot of migrant workers come over to work in the
agriculture business. One death is too many, never mind
five...
The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work
():...As part of Farm Safety
Partnership Scotland, the HSE is working with
the National Farmers Union Scotland,
NFU Mutual and the Scottish Government to ensure that partners
focus their activities on driving improvements in the management
of risk. The HSE will continue to work with stakeholders to find
opportunities to reduce fatal accidents in Scottish agriculture.
I urge all parties involved in Farm Safety Partnership Scotland
to really step up to the plate and deliver the further cultural
change required to improve health and safety on Scottish
farms...
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