Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Minutes
33rd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:01
- Meeting closed at: 12:43
- Published: Thursday, December 14, 2023 09:49am
Committee Members Attendees
- Finlay Carson (Convener)
- Beatrice Wishart (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Alasdair Allan (Member)
- Ariane Burgess (Member)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- Kate Forbes (Member)
- Rhoda Grant (Member)
- Rachael Hamilton (Member)
1 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Wine (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, supported by Kevin Matheson, Policy Manager, Food and Drink Industry Growth Team and Judith Brown, Solicitor, Scottish Government.
2 Subordinate legislation:
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands moved—S6M-11343—That the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee recommends that the Wine (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
3 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Jonnie Hall, Director of Policy, National Farmers Union Scotland;
Joe Hind, Policy Manager, Scotland Food & Drink;
Sarah Millar, Chief Executive , Quality Meat Scotland;
Pete Ritchie, Director, Nourish Scotland;
Tim Bailey, Chief Executive, Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society;
David Thomson, Chief Executive, Food and Drink Federation Scotland;
Lesley Mitchell, Policy Director, Sustainable Food Trust;
Professor Jennie Macdiarmid, Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health, Wellbeing and Nutrition, Rowett Institute.