Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
20th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, supported by Brittany Brown, Policy Lead, Jenny Gibbons, Team Leader, National Parks, Felicity Hollands, Deputy Bill Team Leader and Hazel Reilly, Solicitor, Scottish Government.
The Committee took evidence from—
Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, supported by Brittany Brown, Policy Lead and Jenny Gibbons, Team Leader, National Parks, Scottish Government.
The Committee considered its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. It agreed a draft call for evidence, schedule for oral evidence sessions, to undertake a fact-finding visit and and to consider the evidence heard at each meeting, and all draft reports, in private at future meetings.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
The Committee considered its work programme.