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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 10 July 2025
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Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 24 April 2024

Finlay Carson

I think that the timeframe has changed because the Bute house agreement suggests that the legislation should be delivered by the end of the current parliamentary session.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 24 April 2024

Finlay Carson

On the relationship between the Isle of Man fisheries and the Scottish fisheries, there is a long tradition of Scottish boats fishing in Manx waters and vice versa. However, that relationship has not always been harmonious; I know that we had an uncomfortable situation four or five years ago when Scottish boats had to land scallops in Douglas, which caused some tensions. Can you update us on the current working between the Scottish Government or the marine directorate and the Isle of Man fisheries?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 24 April 2024

Finlay Carson

I have a final question before I bring in Rhoda Grant. Scottish boats fish in Isle of Man waters and in French waters, too. What would happen if the Isle of Man decided to diverge from the technology that the Scottish Government had specified and if Europe had a different REM specification? Could you see a situation in which scallop boats in Scotland had three, four or multiple sets of technology in order to deliver data for different reasons to different fisheries control authorities?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 24 April 2024

Finlay Carson

Finally, I seek a yes or no response to this question, although I do not think that I can ask Joe Whitelegg this. I note that the lead-in times for introducing REM have been accelerated by the Bute house agreement, which could leave fishing boats unable to find people to repair their equipment as quickly as they might, meaning that the boats could not go to sea. Should the Scottish Government compensate fishers in the event of that happening?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Finlay Carson

The committee has dealt with numerous transitional SSIs on import restrictions. Am I correct in thinking that that is all part of the Windsor framework鈥攖he new deal that was agreed at the end of last year鈥攁nd that no new instruments should come in, because the regulations replace the interim measures?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Finlay Carson

Finally, is the committee content to delegate to me authority to sign off our report on the instrument?

Members indicated agreement.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Finlay Carson

Our third item of business is consideration of petition PE1758, which calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to end greyhound racing in Scotland.

Before we proceed, I make members and all those with an interest in the petition aware that the evidence session that was scheduled for next week with the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity has been rescheduled for 22 May at the minister鈥檚 request.

I welcome Daniel Alcorn and George Stark, who will give evidence as greyhound owners and trainers who are registered with the Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Thank you for joining us, gentlemen. The committee has a number of questions for you. As usual, I will kick off. Will you talk us through the scale and the nature of your involvement in greyhound racing? For example, how many dogs do you have, where do you train and kennel your dogs, and where and how often do you race them?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Finlay Carson

On your business, do you train and kennel dogs for other people, or do you own all the dogs yourself?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Finlay Carson

Is that how things normally work? Daniel, you have your own dogs, which you told us about, but do other people come to you and ask you to kennel their dogs and train and race them on their behalf?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Finlay Carson

Do you think that there is any demand, need or support for another GBGB track in Scotland? Can you see that ever happening in the future?