This framework sets out how the UK government and devolved governments propose to work together on:
- the intellectual property rights of plant breeders
- plant variety registration
- setting standards for marketing and certification of seed (and other plant propagating material) and ensuring that these standards are upheld
| Date | Action |
| 20 December 2023 | The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee provided its view on the eight common frameworks for policy areas within its remit. |
| 28 November 2022 | The Rural Affairs, Islands, and Natural Environment Committee received a response from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands. |
| 20 November 2022 | The Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee published its report on the Common Frameworks within its remit. |
| 14 November 2022 | The Rural Affairs, Islands, and Natural Environment Committee published correspondence to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands. |
| 2 November 2022 | The Rural Affairs, Islands, and Natural Environment Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands on the framework. |
| 23 August 2022 | Senedd Research published a briefing on the framework. |
| 29 July 2022 | The Rural Affairs, Islands, and Natural Environment Committee published responses to its call for views on the framework. |
| 15 July 2022 | The House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee published its final report on the Common Frameworks programme. |
| 27 June 2022 | SPICe published a briefing on the framework. |
| 7 June 2022 | The Rural Affairs, Islands, and Natural Environment Committee opened a call for views on the framework (closing 29 July 2022). |
| 25 March 2022 | The Northern Ireland Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs published its position paper on the framework. |
| 4 February 2022 | The Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee received the framework for scrutiny. |
| 3 February 2022 | The provisional framework was published. |