Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Minutes: 27 September 2023
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
24th Meeting, 2023
Start time: 09:08am
Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
Published: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny:
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.
3. EU common agriculture policy reform(In private):
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.