Banff & Buchan MSP Stewart Stevenson has warmly welcomed the commitment given today by the Scottish National Party that a new entrants to agriculture scheme will be introduced by an SNP-led Government after next May’s elections.
Mr Stevenson has been pressing for the introduction of such a scheme by the Scottish Executive for some time now and made this one of his key points for action in his submission earlier this year to the Rural Development programme consultation.
Speaking from the Scottish Parliament, Mr Stevenson said:
“This policy announcement today by the SNP will be welcomed by the industry in general and those farmers and organisations who raise this issue with me regularly in particular.
“We now have the very real prospect of the SNP being in Government next May led by Alex Salmond and being in a position to introduce this highly-necessary scheme to secure the future of the Scottish agricultural industry.
“This is excellent news and will further increase the pressure on the current Labour-led Government to do likewise and stand up for Scottish farming.”
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