The Scottish Conservative amendment to the rural economy debate is defeated, with 31 MSPs backing it and 87 against.

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Here is SNP MSP Clare Adamson's motion: 

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Mr Russell says it is a fact that "Scottish government policy is working and working well".

The Brexit minister says the government will not benefit from the bluff and bluster of the Tories.

Brexit Minister Mike Russell says the Tories are peddling the following "myths":

• the first one is that farming is in crisis due to the SNP, which is not true says Mr Russell
• the myth that fishing is guaranteed prosperity by Brexit, it is not he says
• it is a myth that the Tories speak for rural Scotland, says the minister
• the myth that Brexit is full of promise, without evidence, he insists

Brexit Negotiations Minister Mike Russell says protecting Scotland's place in the EU and its relationship with the EU is the government's explicit priority.

Mr Russell says their rural affairs are heavily entwined with the EU.

The Brexit minister says rural jobs will be put at risk by Brexit.

Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing intervenes and says do the Scottish Tories believe EU citizens living and working are welcome here.

Mr Greene says: "I have not heard anyone say people in Scotland are required to leave

"People who have come to Scotland to make their home are welcome."

The deadline for paying European subsidies to farmers was extended from 30 June to 15 October, in June.

Problems with a new Scottish government computer system caused delays to many Scottish farmers due the money.

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The Scottish government had been facing fines of between £40m and £125m if it did not meet the original June deadline.

But the EU's commissioner for agriculture, Phil Hogan, announced the new date that month.

The move followed a meeting between the commissioner and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh in May.

Conservative MSP Jamie Greene says the SNP is campaigning to leave Scotland's biggest trade union, the UK.

Mr Greene says there is now a potential to design a scheme that rewards farmers and does not punish it.

He says the SNP have failed farmers "so dismally" for the last nine years.

The Tory MSP says farm business income is at the lowest level for six years. 

He says the UK government is doing the right thing by examining all options for Brexit.

Last month Nicola Sturgeon published an analysis of possible Brexit consequences, saying the Scottish economy could lose between £1.7bn and £11.2bn a year by 2030.

Ms Sturgeon said this could have a severe impact on public spending.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson urged the Scottish government to focus on stabilising the country in the wake of the Brexit vote.

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She said it needed to focus on stability and "get back to the day job".

A spokesman for First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described Ms Davidson's comments as the "height of hypocrisy".

And he blamed the Conservatives for Brexit and the "huge economic damage" it could cause Scotland.

The UK as a whole voted to leave the European Union, but a majority (62%) of people living in Scotland voted to remain.  

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant says she does not understand how the Conservatives speak for leave voters today, but a couple of months ago they backed remain.

This following an intervention from Tory MSP Liam Kerr saying his party is speaking for the million voters who backed Brexit.

Ms Grant goes on to say priorities for any dividends from Brexit must be set out.

She says to send all the money that would have gone to the farmers to the NHS would be a mistake.

The Labour MSP backs Mike Rumbles' earlier call for forward planning.

SNP MSP Gail Ross the Highlands and Islands have seen almost £1bn in investment from EU funded programmes.

Ms Ross says there is estimated to be 10,000 EU nationals in the Highlands and Islands representing 2% of the population.

The SNP MSP says they contribute by working and investing in the area.

"What is to become of them", she says. 

Scottish Conservative MSP Finlay Carson says he voted to remain but, "unlike many in the chamber", he is a democrat and accepts the will of the people.

Mr Carson says it should also be remembered that some in Scotland did vote to leave the EU. 

The Tory MSP says the SNP cannot escape the fact that their "incompetency" through CAP starved the rural economy of £400m. 

SNP MSP Joan McAlpine says mobile connectivity is absolutely essential to rural areas and that is why she is supporting the Labour amendment. 

Ms McAlpine says she is waiting for an answer from the UK government if it will match the EU pledge on mobile connectivity. 

The SNP MSP says the UK government has failed rural Scotland on this issue and says the EU pledge on connectivity is a good example of its worth. 

She says EU membership offers tariff free access to the single market.

Scottish Lib Dems Mike Rumbles says he has consistently questioned Fergus Ewing on his forward planning plans post 2020, but the rural economy secretary has continually failed to respond.

Mr Rumbles says, instead the cabinet secretary has just blamed the UK government.

The Scottish Liberal Democrat says "we are leaving the EU" and it is "astonishing" that Mr Ewing has not begun to plan for matters that are devolved.

He says the cabinet secretary is "failing in his duty". 

"For goodness sake minister, get a grip", he says. 

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SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson says Mr Chapman referenced independence seven times, but he says he will focus on the rural economy, because that is what matters to the people of Scotland.

Mr Stevenson says he agrees there is an opportunity from Brexit for the fishing industry but says this Conservative government cannot sell fishermen out again as it did in the past. 

The SNP MSP says control over fishing grounds is a must win goal for the fishing industry.

Scottish Green MSP John Finnie says the benefit of EU migrants to the UK is well documented.

Mr Finnie says EU migrants provide a welcome contribution in rural areas in industries such as hospitality.

The Greens MSP  says it is unfortunate that the UK government did not pick up on post-study visas.

"It is vitally important the Scottish government is fully involved in negotiations", he says.