Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Meeting Minutes
14th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 12:51
- Published: Thursday, December 9, 2021 10:37am
Committee Members Attendees
- Finlay Carson (Convener)
- Beatrice Wishart (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Alasdair Allan (Member)
- Ariane Burgess (Member)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- Rachael Hamilton (Member)
- Jenni Minto (Member)
- Mercedes Villalba (Member)
1 Climate and nature emergencies:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford University;
and then from—
Ian Dickie, Director, eftec (Economics for the Environment).
Eilidh Mactaggart, Chief Executive, Scottish National Investment Bank
Jo Pike, Chief Executive, Scottish Wildlife Trust;
Dr Pat Snowdon, Head of Economics and Woodland Carbon Code.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
Private Storage Aid Scheme (Pigmeat) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/398).
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Government seeking further information on a number of points.
3 Climate and nature emergencies (In Private):
The Committee reviewed the evidence heard at this, and previous, meetings.
4 Work programme (In Private):
The Committee agreed to defer this item to the next meeting.