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SNP ministers could be eyeing up Scotland’s livestock to tackle climate change.
Rural Secretary Gillian Martin has warned ‘difficult decisions’ lay ahead regarding the £4.5billion industry that supports tens of thousands of jobs.
The Scottish Government fears a review of the UK Government’s deeply unpopular ban on new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 could leave a hole in Scotland’s carbon budget that would need to be filled by other measures.
It could see herds of cattle and flocks of sheep thinned in a bid to cut carbon emissions.
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herds → see → emissions
Ms Martin’s admission to Holyrood’s Climate Action Committee on Thursday is in stark contrast to a pledge given by her predecessor Mairi Gougeon only six months ago when she assured the industry: ‘Let me be crystal clear… there will be no policy to reduce livestock numbers’.
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me → give → numbers
Opponents warn that any U-turn would ‘decimate’ rural communities.
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turn → warn → communities
Fears are growing that herds of cattle and flocks of sheep could be thinned out to tackle carbon emissions
Scottish Conservative MSP James Adams, who sits on the committee, said: ‘The SNP have casually shown their hand about their plans for Scotland’s livestock farms.
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SNP → grow → farms
It’s now clear they will go after farmers before taking time to make pragmatic decisions on Net Zero.
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they → ’ → Zero
‘The fact an SNP minister has volunteered this information will worry the industry.
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minister → volunteer → industry
‘Emptying fields to vainly chase a target the SNP will never reach is an awful prospect.
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SNP → empty → target
‘Such a move would drive family farms out of business and imperil our food security across the entire United Kingdom.
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move → drive → Kingdom
It would decimate communities across Scotland.’
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It → decimate → Scotland
Ms Martin – whose portfolio also includes climate action – was being quizzed on the possible knock-on effects of the UK Government watering down or scrapping its ban on fossil-fuel vehicles by 2035.
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Government → include → 2035
Rural Secretary Gillian Martin said 'very difficult decisions' would have to be made around the SNP's climate plan
She said: ‘We are in a very difficult position.
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We → say → position
We will have to look at our climate change plan again.
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We → have → plan
‘If you think back to the decisions that we made when we got the advice from the Committee for Climate Change, there were certain pieces of advice that they gave us which we did not take, particularly in the space of livestock numbers.
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we → think → numbers
‘So we were given the advice that we had to have policies in place that would actively reduce livestock numbers.
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that → give → numbers
Now, I and the First Minister immediately made the assessment that that’s not something that Scotland had or wants to do because we have got a thriving rural economy that is already under severe pressure, or geopolitical events, and we want to see the herd numbers continue but we want other interventions in reducing the greenhouse gases associated with the herds.
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we → make → herds
She said at the time the then cabinet secretary Fiona Hyslop ‘stepped in and went further in the transport space and ramped up the ambition in the transport space’ in a bid to reach the first carbon budget.
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Hyslop → say → budget
But Ms Martin admitted if UK ministers weakened the vehicle ban, there would be ‘very difficult decisions that would have to be made as… it’s a critical lever’.
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it → admit → ban
She concluded: ‘It’s a worrying question for me.
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But the UK Government has to effectively put something in place to make up for the shortfall that would mean for their targets but also what that would mean for the four nations in their individual targets.
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The SNP has locked Scotland into reaching Net Zero by 2045, five years earlier than the rest of the UK.
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SNP → lock → UK
But ministers have repeatedly promised not to enforce limits on livestock numbers as part of their strategy, most recently in Mrs Gougeon’s speech to Quality Meat Scotland in March.
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ministers → promise → March
She said: ‘As a listening government we have heard your concerns loud and clear and that is why last year we sent a very clear signal to the sector that we would reach our climate targets in a way which works for rural Scotland.
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which → say → Scotland
I think that message is worth repeating – let me be crystal clear - there is no policy to reduce livestock numbers, there will be no policy to reduce livestock numbers.
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me → think → numbers
The National Farmers Union Scotland said it is ‘not in a position to comment on this matter at this time’.
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it → say → time
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