WITH three months to go until Brexit is triggered, NFU Scotland has used a Westminster meeting to reaffirm its priorities as the UK looks to negotiate an exit from the European Union.
A team from NFU Scotland, including president Allan Bowie, chief executive Scott Walker, director of policy Jonnie Hall and parliamentary officer Clare Slipper, met David Jones MP, Minister of State at the recently created Department for Exiting the European Union, on Monday December 12.
At the meeting in London, the union laid out what it believes needs to be done to secure productive agriculture in Scotland. Mr Bowie said: ‘The UK government is already in the process of establishing its priorities and it is vitally important that we engage with it now and make sure it is clear on what Scottish farmers and crofters want.