Chamber and committees

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Meeting Minutes

13th Meeting, 2021

Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Session: 6
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Meeting opened at: 09:00
Meeting closed at: 12:29
Published: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 04:56pm

Committee Members Attendees

Finlay Carson (Convener)
Beatrice Wishart (Deputy Convener)
Karen Adam (Member)
Alasdair Allan (Member)
Ariane Burgess (Member)
Jim Fairlie (Member)
Rachael Hamilton (Member)
Jenni Minto (Member)
Mercedes Villalba (Member)

1 Climate and nature emergencies:

The Committee took evidence from—

Danny Renton, Chief Executive Officer, Seawilding;

Dr Alistair Rennie, Project Manager, Dynamic Coast;

Rachel Shucksmith, Marine Spatial Planning Manager, Marine Science & Technology Department, University of the Highlands and Islands Shetland;

Dr Fiona Read, Policy Officer, Scottish Entanglement Alliance;

and then from—

Terry A'Hearn, Chief Executive, Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

Grant Moir, Chief Executive Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority;

Graham Neville, Area Manager for Northern Isles and North Highland, NatureScot;

Dr David Signorini, Chief Executive, Scottish Forestry;

Andy Wells, Investment and Sales Programme Director, Crown Estate Scotland.

2 UK subordinate legislation:

The Committee considered a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instruments—

The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No.2) Regulations 2021; and
The Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2021.

The Committee agreed that the provisions set out in the notifications should be included in the UK SIs.