In the past two years we resolved nearly 400 trade barriers, from opening markets for UK pork in Mexico and Chile to UK poultry in Japan. Recent deals with Australia and New Zealand provide mechanisms to identify and address trade barriers. The UK achieved the first export of British lamb to the USA in more than 20 years, a market estimated by industry to be worth £37 million over the first five years.

UK exports of seed potatoes to non-EU markets increased by 25% between 2018 and 2021, with nearly 90% of UK seed potato exports going to non-EU countries last year. The DIT Scotland team works closely with the Scottish Government and agencies to support companies pursuing opportunities in new markets.

DIT is delivering a successful programme of activity for exports, matching producers with international buyers. We place dedicated agrifood attachés in growth markets around the world to support small and medium-sized enterprises in understanding and accessing export opportunities.

We promote protected geographical indications such as Welsh lamb, Scotch whisky, and Stilton around the globe through the GREAT Britain & Northern Ireland campaign. We support SMEs to understand and access benefits of FTAs and wider export opportunities.

The EU remains a vital trading partner for the UK, with total trade in goods and services between the UK and the EU worth £652.6 billion in the year to June, up by 18% compared to previous years.

In negotiations with New Zealand and Australia, we ensured huge protections for British food and farming, including a long period of transition to allow the market to adapt. We are committed to promoting and driving up exports of British produce overseas.

I had a meeting with the Scotch Whisky Association last week. They are excited about current trajectories of Scotch whisky sales overseas and very excited about reducing tariffs in India to further promote Scottish exports around the world.

This negativity about our export position with the European Union is precisely why so many people are turned off from the Labour party and have been for such a long time. Contrary to what the hon. Gentleman said, trade with the EU is actually up by 18%. The veterinary agreement would involve dynamic alignment with the EU, which I believe the Labour party is opposed to; the hon. Gentleman might want to correct the record. In terms of overall relations with the EU, my right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade Policy is engaging every single day with our European partners to see what we can do to drive down trade barriers further, so that we can promote British exports on the continent.

We will take no lectures from the SNP on supporting Scottish farmers and food producers. It is not the UK Government who are accused of operating in an information void due to the lack of information and slow progress of Scotland's post-Brexit agricultural Bill. It is not the UK Government who were criticised by the National Farmers Union of Scotland for not voting for the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill a couple of weeks ago. This Government are committed to supporting Scottish, and indeed British, food producers and exporters, not creating division and stoking negativity, which is all the SNP ever brings to the table.

The trade deals with New Zealand and Australia are great deals for British exporters and this country. As I said, unlike the Scottish National party, we are committed to championing Scottish and British exports and food and drink around the world, not creating negativity. It is time that the hon. Gentleman championed great British exporters—great Aberdeenshire exporters—instead of coming here with all that scare-mongering and negativity, as he does weekly.