Plant varieties and seeds framework

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 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.