Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Minutes
24th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:08
- Meeting closed at: 12:28
- Published: Wednesday, September 27, 2023 01:46pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Finlay Carson (Convener)
- Beatrice Wishart (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Alasdair Allan (Member)
- Ariane Burgess (Member)
- Kate Forbes (Member)
- Rhoda Grant (Member)
- Rachael Hamilton (Member)
Apologies received from
In Attendance
Dr Ludivine Petetin
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
2 Pre-Budget Scrutiny:
The Committee took evidence from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, supported by George Burgess, Interim Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate, Erica Clarkson, Islands Lead, Rebecca Hackett, Deputy Director, Corporate and Strategy, Marine Directorate and Craig Stewart, Head of Agriculture and Rural Economy Financial Management and Controls, Scottish Government.
3 EU common agriculture policy reform(In private):
The Committee was given a briefing on the reform of the EU common agriculture policy by one of the Committee’s post-EU exit agriculture policy advisers.