The Committee agreed to issue a call for views, jointly with the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee once the plan was laid, and to invite stakeholders and the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands to give oral evidence in September.
21st Meeting, 2025, Session 6, Tuesday 2 September 2025
Good Food Nation: The Committee took evidence from—
Claire Hislop, Organisational Lead for Food and Physical Activity, Public Health Scotland;
Professor Lindsay Jaacks, Deputy Director and Personal Chair of Global Health and Nutrition, University of Edinburgh;
Mhairi Brown, Head of Food Futures, Food, Farming and Countryside Commission Scotland;
Anna Chworow, Deputy Director, Nourish Scotland;
and then from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands;
James Hamilton, Lawyer;
Tracy McCollin, Head of Good Food Nation Team;
Jo...