Chamber and committees

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Meeting Agenda

30th Meeting, 2022

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Session: 6
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Start time: 10:00am
Published: Friday, November 18, 2022 01:03pm

1 Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence to inform its forthcoming consideration of Stage 2 amendments from—

Witnesses

Hugh Dignon, Head of Wildlife Management Unit, Scottish Government

Leia Fitzgerald, Team Leader, Wildlife Legislation Team, Scottish Government

Rebecca Greenan, Deputy Team Leader, Wildlife Legislation Team, Scottish Government

Amy Hogarth, Solicitor, Scottish Government

Clerks paper Hunting with Dogs Bill posted 10/11/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/30/1, 115KB, pdf)

RAINE/S6/22/30/2(P) (Private Paper)

2 UK subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018 in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposal—

Organic Production (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2022.

Clerks paper UKSI posted 10/11/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/30/3, 124KB, pdf)

RAINE/S6/22/30/4(P) (Private Paper)

3 Public petitions: PE01758 End greyhound racing in Scotland

The Committee will consider a petition by Gill Docherty on behalf of Scotland Against Greyhound Exploitation, calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to put an end to greyhound racing in Scotland.

Clerks paper Petition PE1758 posted 10/11/2022 (Ref: RAINE/S6/22/30/5, 157KB, pdf)

4 Work programme (Private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

RAINE/S6/22/30/6(P) (Private Paper)