Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
5th Meeting, 2026
The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).
Tim Eagle declared an interest as an owner of a small sheep and arable farm in Moray.
Edward Mountain declared an interest as a shareholder in a family farm in Moray where there is no crofting involved.
The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 171, 172, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 197, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 90, 100, 101, 155.
The following amendments were agreed to (by division)—
168 (For 5, Against 4, Abstentions 0)
8 (For 8, Against 0, Abstentions 1)
175 (For 5, Against 4, Abstentions 0)
137 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
190 (For 5, Against 4, Abstentions 0)
143 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
144 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
145 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
147 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
77 (For 6, Against 2, Abstentions 1)
149 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
150 (For 7, Against 2, Abstentions 0)
153 (For 7, Against 1, Abstentions 1)
The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—
133 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
135 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
173 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
174 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
136 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
181 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
182 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
188 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
142 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
146 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
148 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
196 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
151 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
152 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
198 (For 3, Against 6, Abstentions 0)
199 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0)
154 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
201 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
The following amendments were moved and, no member having objected, withdrawn: 167, 140, 211.
The following amendments were pre-empted: 184, 193.
The following amendments were not moved: 166, 169, 132, 170, 134, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 183, 138, 185, 186, 187, 189, 139, 191, 192, 194, 195, 141, 200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213.
The following provisions were agreed to without amendment: Sections 7, 13, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35.
The following provisions were agreed to as amended: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 30.
The Committee ended consideration of the Bill for the day with sections 34 and 35 being agreed to.