Organic Production Framework
Author: Courtney Aitken, Annie Bosse and Sarah McKay
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This briefing provides detailed information on the Organic Production Framework. The Organic Production Framework sets out how the UK Government and devolved governments propose to work together in policy areas covering organic production and certification which includes the principles and overarching standards for organic production and certification; Official controls, labelling and trade of organic produce and organic aquaculture. The Rural Affairs, Islands, Natural Environment Committee will lead on scrutiny of this framework.

Background information on, for example, what common frameworks are and how they have been developed is provided in this paper.

The SPICe common frameworks hub collates all publicly available information on frameworks considered by committees of the Scottish Parliament.

In session five, the Finance and Constitution Committee reported on common frameworks and recommended that frameworks should include the following:

  • their scope and the reasons for the framework approach (legislative or non-legislativei) and the extent of policy divergence provided for;

  • decision making processes and the potential use of third parties;

  • mechanisms for monitoring, reviewing and amending frameworks including an opportunity for Parliamentary scrutiny and agreement;

  • the roles and responsibilities of each administration; and

  • the detail of future governance structures, including arrangements for resolving disputes and information sharing

The Scottish Government’s response highlighted that there may be a "range of forms" which frameworks could take.

More detail on the background to frameworks is available in a SPICe briefing and also in a series of blogs available on SPICe spotlight.

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