Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Minutes
18th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:03
- Meeting closed at: 13:02
- Published: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 02:58pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Finlay Carson (Convener)
- Beatrice Wishart (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Alasdair Allan (Member)
- Ariane Burgess (Member)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- Rhoda Grant (Member)
- Rachael Hamilton (Member)
Apologies received from
Substitute Members Attendees
1 Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Professor Alan Werritty, Chair, Professor Ian Newton, Member, and Professor Colin Reid, Member, Grouse Moor Management Review Group;
and then from—
Libby Anderson, Member, Scottish Animal Welfare Commission;
Ian Andrew, Chief Executive Officer, British Pest Control Association;
Ross Ewing, Director of Moorland, Scottish Land and Estates;
Chief Superintendent Mike Flynn, Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;
Alex Hogg, Chairman, Scottish Gamekeepers Association;
Liz McLachlan, Licensing Manager, Wildlife Management Team, NatureScot.
2 Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee agreed to consider the evidence it heard at a later meeting.
3 Work programme (In Private):
The Committee agreed to consider its work programme at a later meeting.