Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Agenda
2nd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Start time: 09:00am
- Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 05:06pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
2 Shark Fins Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-31 from—
Witnesses
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Scottish Government
Allan Gibb, Acting Deputy Director, Marine Scotland, Scottish Government
Emma Phillips, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Shark Fins LCM Clerksnote 258KB pdf posted 24/01/2023 (Ref: RAINE/S6/23/2/1)
RAINE/S6/23/2/2(P) (Private Paper)
3 Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-32 from—
Witnesses
Màiri McAllan, Minister for Environment and Land Reform, Scottish Government
Rosemary Anfield, GMO Policy Officer, Scottish Government
Caspian Richards, Head of Policy and Pesticide Survey Unit, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate, Scottish Government
Emily Williams Boylston, Lawyer, Scottish Government
Genetic Tech Bill LCM. Clerksnote 230KB pdf posted 24/01/2023 (Ref: RAINE/S6/23/2/3)
RAINE/S6/23/2/4(P) (Private Paper)
4 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Modifications) and Agricultural Products, Aquatic Animal Health and Genetically Modified Organisms (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Conservation of Salmon (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022
Subordinate Legislation_Clerksnote 1MB pdf posted 24/01/2023 (Ref: RAINE/S6/23/2/5)
5 Shark Fins Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
6 Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.
7 Work programme (Private)
The Committee will consider its work programme.
RAINE/S6/23/2/6(P) (Private Paper)