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Farming Today: 16/10/23 SNP Conference; Dentists for fishermen; Land-based education.

16/10/23 SNP Conference; Dentists for fishermen; Land-based education.

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 16/10/23 SNP Conference; Dentists for fishermen; Land-based education.

SNP Conference and the party's rural policies; Dentists for fishers; Land-based education.

As party conference season continues, we hear what the SNP's rural policies are.
Fishermen in Cornwall are offered free dental treatment on the quayside.
Land-based education.

The SNP is meeting in Aberdeen - throughout the party conference season we've been catching up with the rural affairs spokespeople.   Today we talk to the Secretary for Rural Affairs in the Scottish Government, the SNP's Mairi Gougeon. 

A project offering fishermen free dental checks and treatment on the harbourside has got underway in Newlyn in Cornwall. Smiles at Sea will be visiting eight fishing ports in Devon and Cornwall between now and December. The demands of being at sea means it can be hard to visit a dentist. The scheme is also helping children in coastal communities be seen by a dentist.

All week we're taking a look at land-based education. A parliamentary committee launched an inquiry into it last month.  The EFRA committee is looking at education from primary to universities to see how effectively its making students aware of the opportunities in agriculture and equipping them with the right skills. We speak to Landex who represents 39 colleges and universities in the sector.


Presenter = Charlotte Smith
Producer = Rebecca Rooney

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