Rural Affairs and Islands Committee [Session 6]
24th Meeting, 2023
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, supported by George Burgess, Interim Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate, Erica Clarkson, Islands Lead, Rebecca Hackett, Deputy Director, Corporate and Strategy, Marine Directorate and Craig Stewart, Head of Agriculture and Rural Economy Financial Management and Controls, Scottish Government.
The Committee was given a briefing on the reform of the EU common agriculture policy by one of the Committee’s post-EU exit agriculture policy advisers.