Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Agenda
5th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Start time: 09:00am
- Published: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 01:54pm
1 Farming and crofting:
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
Beatrice Morrice, Political Affairs Manager, National Farmers Union Scotland
Professor Davy McCracken, Head of Integrated Land Management Department, Scotland’s Rural College
Mike Robinson, Co-chair, Farming for 1.50 Inquiry
Professor Sally Shortall, Member, Women in Agriculture Taskforce
Stephen Young, Head of Policy, Scottish Land and Estates
Christopher Nicholson, Chairman, Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
Pete Ritchie, Chair, Scottish Environment Link Food and Farming Group
Donald MacKinnon, Chair, Scottish Crofting Federation
Miranda Geelhoed, Scotland Policy and Campaigns Coordinator, Landworkers’ Alliance
Paper 1 812KB pdf posted 21/09/2021 (Ref: RAINE/S6/21/5/1)
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee will take evidence on the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 from—
Witnesses
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Scottish Government
John Nicolson, Policy manager, Animal Welfare Team, Scottish Government
Grant McLarty, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Paper 2 pdf posted 20/09/2021 (Ref: RAINE/S6/21/5/2)
3 Subordinate legislation:
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands to move—S6M-00997—That the Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee recommends that the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 [draft] be approved.
4 Farming and crofting: (Private)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.