Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 10 Feb 2010
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Official Report
280KB pdf
Subordinate Legislation
Snares (Scotland) Order 2010 (SSI 2010/8)<br />Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2010 (SSI 2010/9)
Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the committee's third meeting of the year. Please remember to switch off all mobile phones and BlackBerrys as they impact on the broadcasting system.
The main purpose of today's meeting is to take evidence on the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill. This will be the committee's second evidence-taking session on the bill. We will hear from a panel of legal experts on the bill followed by a panel of stakeholders.
I intimate that we have received apologies from Liam McArthur—Jim Hume is substituting for him—and from John Scott.
Agenda item 1 is consideration of two instruments under the negative procedure: the Snares (Scotland) Order 2010 and the Sea Fish (Prohibited Methods of Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2010. The Subordinate Legislation Committee commented on the snares order and the relevant extract from that committee's report has been circulated to members as paper 3. No member has raised any concerns on either of the orders and no motion to annul has been lodged. Do members have comments on either of the orders?
No.
Do we agree not to make any recommendation on the SSIs?
Members indicated agreement.