Hansard

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP) SNP Committee

12 Jan 2011

Interests

For the sake of completeness, I declare my joint ownership with my spouse of a registered agricultural holding of approximately 3 acres. I derive no income from the holding and undertake no agricultural activity on it. It is lent to neighbours for the grazing of sheep in excha...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

13 Nov 2018

Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

I declare that I have a very small registered agricultural holding. I want to explore the numbers and mathematics. Given that biomathematics and statistics Scotland is part of SEFARI, Professor Wall should be on high alert immediately. The target in the bill for 2050 is 20 p...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

23 Sep 2020

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Earlier, we heard reference to access rights under the land reform legislation. That opens up the question of whether there should be a power to exclude people from walking on agricultural land. Of course, that raises the more general issue of how people with dogs will know th...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

19 Mar 2019

Scottish Land Commission

Before I ask my questions, I declare that, jointly with my wife, I have a 3-acre registered agricultural holding. I will use that to illustrate some of the issues around owning land, particularly in a rural area. If I were to sell those 3 acres of hill grazing, I might get £5...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

28 Oct 2020

Subordinate Legislation and Document Laid for Approval

I am a part-owner of a very small registered agricultural holding on which sheep regularly graze. I take no income from the holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): SNP Chamber

12 Mar 2003

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill

The lodging of the Tory amendment is quite the most deeply disappointing parliamentary manoeuvre. In the Tory world, nothing changes and nothing should change. That is the attitude that we have seen displayed. The Tory party's inability to recognise worthwhile change defines t...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

27 Sep 2012

Common Agricultural Policy

I start by drawing members’ attention to my ownership of a registered agricultural holding. It is of a mere 3 acres and it is used intermittently by a farming neighbour for his sheep. I derive no income or grant as a result of my owning it.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

29 Jan 2014

Common Agricultural Policy

I remind members of my registered agricultural holding, although it covers 3 acres and I receive no money—public or private—as a result of owning it, so it probably does not matter very much. The Bank of Scotland carries out an annual survey of agriculture, the most recent of...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

10 Dec 2015

Common Agricultural Policy (Payments)

I draw members’ attention to the fact that I have a very small registered agricultural holding, but I receive no public funding for it. The basic and greening payments process has been at the heart of what the cabinet secretary has said today, but farmers also wish to be assu...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

31 May 2016

Common Agricultural Policy Payments

I draw members’ attention to my joint ownership of a registered agricultural holding, which is let to my neighbour for rough grazing. I receive no financial reward for doing so. The cabinet secretary sat on the parliamentary committee that looked at the IT difficulties in the...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

21 Dec 2016

Portfolio Question Time · Common Agricultural Policy (Payments)

I draw members’ intention to my registered agricultural holding of a massive 3 acres. What measures are being taken to address the costs of the common agricultural policy futures system and to ensure that CAP payments are put on a better footing in future?

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

19 Jan 2017

Rural Development (Funding)

I draw members’ attention to my registered extremely large 3-acre agricultural holding, from which I receive no income whatsoever. I am an MSP for an intensely rural area, which is dependent on farming and fishing, albeit that we have other industries, too. I start on a cons...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

25 Jan 2017

Common Agricultural Policy Payments

I have a registered agricultural holding of 3 acres, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

28 Jun 2017

Common Agricultural Policy Payments

I have a registered agricultural holding of under 2 hectares; I receive no financial benefit from same.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

26 Sep 2018

Common Agricultural Policy

I declare that I have a small registered agricultural holding. I sat next to Michael Gove at the Turriff show, and he promised me that the Scottish Government would be consulted on the UK Agriculture Bill and that the convergence review would go ahead—

Stewart Stevenson: SNP Committee

08 Oct 2003

Subordinate Legislation

It is clear from the Executive note that the changes that are being made under the Scottish statutory instrument derive from the passage of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003. I do not seek to oppose the progress of this SSI, but it raises one or two questions that I sug...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

25 Oct 2017

Common Agricultural Policy Convergence Moneys

Has the cabinet secretary seen the November edition of Scottish Farming Leader? It says, on page 9: “NFU Scotland has always been clear that Scottish policy makers must be empowered to utilise the future agricultural budget to develop policies and tools that are fitted to Sco...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

24 Sep 2019

Common Frameworks

It is a shame that Willie Rennie is temporarily out of the chamber. On 24 May 1916, Herbert Asquith appointed the Welsh wizard, Lloyd George, to solve the problem of home rule in Ireland. That went well. The Liberals might have been on the case for 100 years, but we have not s...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

16 Sep 2020

Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

I suspect that the answer to my question has been developed in some of the previous answers, but I am specifically interested in the powers to exclude offending owners from walking dogs on agricultural land. What are your thoughts on that? In particular, how do people know wha...

Stewart Stevenson: SNP Committee

21 Jan 2003

Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

I was happy to support amendment 60 not because it is perfect, but because it addresses a genuine issue. Furthermore, there is a delightful symmetry to the way in which it does so. For every paragraph that refers to some kind of conferment on a landlord, there is an accompanyi...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

13 Mar 2013

Common Agricultural Policy Reform

Just for safety, I declare that I have a registered farm holding of three acres. I get no income from it; my neighbour keeps some sheep on it. Perhaps, like others, Alex Fergusson should read more and more often: the 28th member of the European Union will, of course, be Cro...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

14 Jan 2014

Draft Instrument not subject to Parliamentary Procedure

By the same token, I have a 3-acre registered agricultural holding. I derive no income whatever from it, nor do I receive any money from the Government. For the sake of completeness, I will join Mr Scott in declaring an interest.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

15 Jun 2016

Interests

I welcome everyone to the first meeting of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee. I remind everybody to turn off mobile phones, as they can interfere with the sound system. The use of computers and similar devices is permitted. We have received no apologies today. Age...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

29 Jun 2016

Rural Economy and Connectivity

I want to pick up on the information technology aspects of the CAP payments that Peter Chapman raised. I should say that I, along with my wife, have a registered agricultural holding of a massive 3 acres and we receive no CAP payment, so it is not relevant to the discussion. I...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

16 Nov 2016

Crofting Law Reform

Because of what I am going to ask about, I declare that I have a 3-acre agricultural holding from which I derive no income and which is registered under IACS. I observe that the IACS map is quite different from the one that is in my title deeds. Do the witnesses agree that we...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

21 Dec 2016

Draft Budget Scrutiny 2017-18

I have a registered agricultural holding of a grand total of 3 acres, from which I derive no income. The farmer who uses it as seasonal grazing gets all the economic benefit. There are increases for CAP information technology and for payments and inspections administration co...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

01 Feb 2017

Draft Climate Change Plan

I have a tiny registered agricultural holding from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

22 Feb 2017

Draft Climate Change Plan

I have a small registered agricultural holding, and am president of the Scottish Association for Public Transport and a vice-president of Railfuture UK. In relation to agenda items 3 and 4, I declare that I am a holder and user of senior citizen bus pass.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

19 Apr 2017

Implications of European Union Referendum (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

I have a very small registered agricultural holding, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

31 May 2017

Food and Drink Strategy

I have a registered agricultural holding, but derive no income from it.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

21 Jun 2017

Agriculture

I start by declaring a relevant interest. NFU Scotland provides me with its magazine, Scottish Farming Leader, at no cost. The cover price is £3.50. I thank the NFUS for that, which helps me to stay in touch, and I will come back to that. I also declare that I have a registere...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

01 Nov 2017

Subordinate Legislation

I am the joint owner of a very small registered agricultural holding, which is grass let to a neighbouring farm.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

15 Nov 2017

Draft Budget Scrutiny 2018-19

I have a registered agricultural holding of 3 acres.

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

29 Nov 2017

Implications of European Union Referendum

I have a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

13 Dec 2017

Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

I have a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

20 Dec 2017

Draft Budget Scrutiny 2018-19

I have a small registered agricultural holding. I am honorary president of the Scottish Association for Public Transport and honorary vice-president of Railfuture UK.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

21 Feb 2018

Implications of the United Kingdom Leaving the European Union (Agriculture and Fisheries)

I have a very small agricultural holding from which I derive neither support nor income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

02 May 2018

Crofting Legislation Reform

I have a very small registered agricultural holding. It would be a croft if it was in the crofting counties, but it is not.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

05 Jun 2018

A Future Strategy for Scottish Agriculture

I draw members’ attention to my ownership of a very small registered agricultural holding. Can the cabinet secretary clarify whether the champions’ vision and recommendations apply only after we have left the EU or whether there are some that we can start work on before then?

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

06 Jun 2018

Implications of the Outcome of the European Union Referendum (Agriculture and Fisheries)

I have a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

06 Jun 2018

Agriculture (Update)

I own a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

06 Jun 2018

Subordinate Legislation

I own a small agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

14 Jun 2018

National Council of Rural Advisers

I draw members’ attention to my agricultural holding and the fact that I will be a R100 beneficiary. In connection to that, I wonder whether, when looking at the contracts for R100, preference will be given to those with future proofing so that, when the backhaul is eventuall...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

19 Jun 2018

Scottish Crown Estate Bill: Stage 1

I draw members’ attention to my registered small agricultural holding. I will respond first to something that Tavish Scott said. I cannot find where it says in the bill—although I know that it is there—that it is possible to sell assets, provided the proceeds are used to pur...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

20 Jun 2018

Subordinate Legislation

I have a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

27 Jun 2018

Implications of the United Kingdom’s Departure from the European Union (Agriculture and Fisheries)

I have a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

31 Oct 2018

Agriculture (Update)

I declare that I am part-owner of a very small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

10 Jan 2019

Future Rural Policy and Support

First of all, I declare my joint ownership of a very small registered agricultural holding, from which my wife and I derive no income whatever. Like, I suspect, the whole chamber, I want to agree with Donald Cameron’s comment that we should demand that our farmers be properly...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

16 Jan 2019

Budget Scrutiny 2019-20

I am not expecting to ask questions on rural issues but, for the purposes of the second session, I declare that I am honorary president of the Scottish Association for Public Transport and honorary vice-president of Railfuture UK. I also have a very small interest in a registe...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

27 Feb 2019

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

I have a very small registered agricultural holding, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

24 Apr 2019

Agriculture and Fisheries (Update)

I have a very small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

15 May 2019

European Union Withdrawal (Implications for Scotland)

I am the joint owner of a small registered agricultural holding.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Chamber

16 May 2019

Brexit (Impact on Food and Drink)

I will look in the mirror to see whether I fit the description that you just used, Presiding Officer. I declare that I have a share in a very small registered agricultural holding for sheep. A number of points have been put before us about the UK’s planned departure from the...

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

18 Sep 2019

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

I have a registered agricultural holding of miniscule size: it is 4 acres. I want to make one comment, which I will preface by saying that I support what is being done here. At the end of the day, I have no issues; what is being done is the right thing to do. I am not critici...

Stewart Stevenson SNP Committee

06 Nov 2019

Agriculture and Fisheries (Update)

Just for completeness, I say that I have three acres that are registered as an agricultural holding. I derive no income whatever from that.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

20 Nov 2019

Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

I am the joint owner of a very small registered agricultural holding, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

27 Nov 2019

Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

I have a very small registered agricultural holding, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

04 Dec 2019

Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Jointly with my wife, I have a very small registered agricultural holding, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

18 Dec 2019

Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

I am a joint holder of a very small agricultural holding, from which I derive no income.

Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP Committee

15 Jan 2020

Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Bill

I own, with my spouse, a very small registered agricultural holding.