Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Agenda
3rd Meeting, 2024
- Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Start time: 09:00am
- Published: Monday, January 29, 2024 01:45pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
2 Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Witnesses
Douglas Bell, Managing Director, Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
Rob Clarke, Head of Policy, Highlands and Islands Enterprise
John McCulloch, Agri and Rural Affairs Committee Chair , Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs
Grant Moir, Chief Executive Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority
Jeremy Moody, Secretary and Adviser, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers Scotland
Theona Morrison, Chair, Scottish Rural Action
Professor Sarah Skerratt, Chief Executive, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Steven Thomson, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Scotland’s Rural College
Agriculture Bill cover note 112KB pdf posted 25/01/2024 (Ref: RAI/S6/24/3/1)
RAI/S6/24/3/2(P) (Private Paper)
3 Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-41 from—
Witnesses
Gillian Martin, Minister for Energy and the Environment, Scottish Government
Grant McLarty, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Andrew Voas, Veterinary Head of Animal Welfare, Scottish Government
LCM cover note 122KB pdf posted 25/01/2024 (Ref: RAI/S6/24/3/3)
4 Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.