Meeting Minutes
3rd Meeting, 2021
Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Session: 6
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Meeting opened at 10:00am
Meeting closed at: 12:10pm
Committee Members Attendees
Finlay Carson (Convener)
Beatrice Wishart (Deputy Convener)
Karen Adam
Alasdair Allan
Ariane Burgess
Jim Fairlie
Rachael Hamilton
Jenni Minto
Mercedes Villalba
1 Scottish Government priorities:
The Committee took evidence from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, George Burgess, Deputy Director Food and Drink, John Kerr, Head of Agriculture Policy Division and Caro Cowan, Deputy Director, Marine Scotland Funding and Strategy, Scottish Government.
2 Scottish Government priorities (In Private):
The Committee reviewed the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.