Plant Health Common Framework

Author: Courtney Aitken, Annie Bosse, and Sarah McKay

PDF Published: Monday 27 Jun 2022 (SB 22-39)

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- Summary
- What are common frameworks?
- Why are common frameworks needed?
- What is the process for developing frameworks ?
- How will the Scottish Parliament consider frameworks?
  - The Scrutiny Challenge
- Scrutiny at other legislatures
  - House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
  - House of Commons Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee
  - Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs
- The UK Internal Market Act 2020
  - Process for considering UK Internal Market Act exclusions in common framework areas
- Plant Health
  - Policy Area
  - Scope
    
    Northern Ireland Protocol
    
    EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
    
    International Trade
  - Definitions
  - Summary of proposed approach
  - Stakeholder engagement
  - Detailed overview of proposed framework: legislation
  - Detailed overview of proposed framework: non-legislative arrangements
    
    Policy Objectives
    
    High Level Principles
    
    Risk-Based Approach
- Plant Health in practice
  - Roles and Responsibilities: parties to the framework
    
    UK Plant Health Service
    
    Framework Governance Structure
    
    Related Groups within Framework Governance Structure
    
    UK Plant Health Service Responsibilities
    
    UK Government
    
    Animal Plant Health Agency
    
    Forestry Commission
    
    Scottish Government
    
    Welsh Government
    
    Northern Ireland Executive
  - Roles and responsibilities: existing or new bodies
    
    UK National Plant Protection Organisation
    
    UK Plant Health Risk Group
    
    UK Plant Health Policy Group
    
    Senior Official Programme Board
  - Decision-making
  - Monitoring and enforcement
  - Review and amendment
  - Dispute resolution official level
  - Dispute resolution Ministerial level
  - Implementation
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The image illustrate the different stages common frameworks go through as they are developed. The development comprises five phases: (1) brings together the UK Government and devolved administrations to engage in initial discussions on how the common framework should proceed. (2) focussed on detailed policy development. (3) Period of review, consultation and further policy development. (4) Framework is agreed and implemented. Scottish Parliament committees are involved in scrutiny. (5) Post-implementation arrangements.

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Image: Dispute resolution Ministerial level

The diagram displays the order in which disputes are dealt with. It shows a rectangle, the official level, and a triangle, the ministerial level, above the rectangle. The official level comprises officials at the bottom and senior officials above them. The Ministerial level comprises interministerial groups, above them interministerial committees, and above them the Council. A disagreement is first dealt with at the official level, signified by an arrow pointing inwards towards the bottom of the rectangle. All levels are connected by purple arrows pointing upwards which signify that the disagreement is escalated. At all levels, a blue arrow points outwards to the right-hand side to signify resolution. At the two top tiers, the interministerial committees and the Council can 'agree to disagree', signified by an orange arrow pointing to the left-hand side, at which point they are required to make a statement to legislatures.

Image: Dispute Resolution at official and Ministerial levels

Plant health; Plant varieties and seeds. (2022). SPICe has worked collaboratively with colleagues at Senedd Research on the scrutiny of common frameworks. This includes sharing material drafted by Senedd Research which informed this briefing and which forms part of its text. Retrieved from https://research.senedd.wales/media/agnbwiwh/22-56-provisional-common-framework-plant-health.pdf

Finance and Constitution Committee, The Scottish Parliament. (2021, February 12). Legacy Expert Panel Report to the Finance and Constitution Committee 12 February 2021. Retrieved from https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/General%20Documents/Legacy_Finaldoc(1).pdf [accessed 13 December 2021]

Scottish Parliament . (2021, June 4). Common Frameworks in the new Parliamentary Session. Retrieved from https://spice-spotlight.scot/2021/06/04/common-frameworks-in-the-new-parliamentary-session/ [accessed 13 December 2021]

Uk Government . (2021, December 10). Guidance: Process for considering UK Internal Market Act exclusions in Common Framework areas. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/process-for-considering-ukim-act-exclusions-in-common-framework-areas/process-for-considering-uk-internal-market-act-exclusions-in-common-framework-areas#agreement-of-an-exclusion-request [accessed 13 December 2021]

UK Government. (2020). PROTOCOL ON IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND. Retrieved from https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/840230/Revised_Protocol_to_the_Withdrawal_Agreement.pdf [accessed 28 March 2022]

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Image: What is the process for developing frameworks ?

Image: Dispute resolution Ministerial level

Image: Dispute Resolution at official and Ministerial levels

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