Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
18th Meeting, 2025
The Committee took evidence on the Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (SSI 2025/draft) from—
Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance and Joseph Triscott, Aquaculture Development Policy Lead, Scottish Government.
Christine Grahame declared an interest as the Convener of a cross party group on animal welfare.
Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance moved—S6M-17363—That the Rural affairs and Islands Committee recommends that the Town and Country Planning (Marine Fish Farming) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (SSI 2025/draft) be approved.
The motion was agreed to by division: For 7, Against 1, Abstentions 0.
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Katherine Leys, Head of Biodiversity and Geodiversity, NatureScot;
Dr Chris Tuckett, Chief Officer for Strategy and Impact, Joint Nature Conservation Committee;
Brendan Callaghan, Director of Operational Delivery, Scottish Forestry;
Alex Flucker, Chief Operating Officer, Data, Evidence, and Innovation, Scottish Environment Protection Agency;
Annie Breaden, Director of Corporate Operations, Crown Estate Scotland;
and then from—
Alan Hunt, Head of Policy Analysis and Horizon Scanning and Neil Langhorn, Head of Strategy and Analysis, Environmental Standards Scotland.
The Committee considered the evidence heard.