1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Stuart Goodall
  Chief Executive
  Confor
• David Harley
  Chief Officer, Circular Economy
  Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Eleanor Kay
  Senior Policy Adviser
  Scottish Land and Estates
• Ross Lilley
  Head of Natural Resource Management
  NatureScot
• Ross MacLeod
  Head of Policy Scotland
  Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
• Professor Davy McCracken
  Head of Integrated Land Management Department
  Scotland’s Rural College
• Professor Dave Reay
  Executive Director
  Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
• Euan Ross
  Scotland Manager
  Nature Friendly Farming Network
• Alastair Seaman
  Director for Scotland
  Woodland Trust Scotland
• Vicki Swales
  Head of Land Use Policy
  RSPB Scotland
• Kirsty Tait
  Director for Scotland
  Food, Farming and Countryside Commission Scotland

3. UK subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider proposals by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating in a devolved area as set out in the following UK statutory instrument proposals—

Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) Regulations 2024

Amendment to The Definition of Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 

4. Common frameworks

The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government.