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Outline of the Committee's Stage 1 scrutiny
The Committee agreed its approach to scrutiny of the Bill at meetings on 12 and 26 September, issuing a call for written evidence on Monday 17 September.
Monday 26 February 2024 Business Bulletin Iris Ghnothaichean Today's Business Meeting of the Parliament Committee Meetings There are no meetings today.
I welcome the fact that the committee has undertaken a visit and that the petitioners’ latest submission centres around their visit from Scottish Forestry officers on location in Argyll in April, which showed first hand the destructive effects of non-native conifers on the anc...
Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 26 October, the Committee expects to continue to take evidence on the Social Security (Scotland) Bill.
A further area of current conservation action is to promote forest management for red squirrels. FCS has identified red squirrel stronghold areas and is working with forest managers to make red squirrel conservation a high priority in these forests.
The Committee took evidence from a range of regulators, stakeholders, fish farm producers and the Scottish Government between June – October 2024.
It also undertook a fact-finding visit to Oban in September; hosted a community engagement event on salmon farming with local stakeholders; visited marine research facilities at SAMS and visited Dunstaffnage farm operated by Scottish Sea Farms.