Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Agenda
13th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Thursday, April 21, 2022 04:18pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
2 Consideration of petition
The Committee will consider petition PE1490: Control of wild goose numbers, by Patrick Krause on behalf of the Scottish Crofting Federation, and take evidence from—
Witnesses
Patrick Krause, Chief Executive, Scottish Crofting Federation
Note by the Clerk - Petition PE1490 124KB pdf posted 21/04/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/13/1)
3 Crisis in Ukraine - impact on food supply chain in Scotland
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
Elspeth Macdonald, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Fishermen’s Federation
Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Mike Rivington, Land Use System Modeller, James Hutton Institute
Steven Thomson, Agricultural Economist, Scotland’s Rural College
Scott Walker, Chief Executive Officer, National Farmers Union Scotland
Note by the Clerk - The Crisis in Ukraine 103KB pdf posted 21/04/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/13/2)
RAINE/S6/22/13/3(P) (Private Paper)
4 Crisis in Ukraine - impact on food supply chain in Scotland
The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.