Question follow-through · 25713
Seafood: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) reduce bureaucracy on and (b) help increase the competitiveness in international markets of Scotland's seafood industry.
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) reduce bureaucracy on and (b) help increase the competitiveness in international markets of Scotland's seafood industry.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
Fisheries and marine policy are devolved matters and therefore for the Scottish Government to determine within Scotland. Promoting Scotland internationally is one of the Scotland Office’s four priorities. As demonstrated through the Secretary of State for...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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