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Parliament dissolved ahead of election

The Scottish Parliament is now dissolved ahead of the election on Thursday 7 May 2026.

During dissolution, there are no MSPs and no parliamentary business can take place.

For more information, please visit Election 2026

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Chamber and committees

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Committee advisers

Post-EU exit policy advisers

The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee appointed the following advisers to assist its scrutiny of agriculture and fisheries policies following EU exit:

  • Professor Paul Fernandes, Heriot-Watt University, as adviser on post-EU exit fisheries policy
  • Dr Mary Dobbs, Maynooth University, and Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University, as advisers on post-EU exit agriculture policy 

The Committee’s advisers were appointed until the end of the Parliamentary Session in March 2026.