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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 11 July 2025
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Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill

Meeting date: 25 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Can I interject here? We are trying to avoid getting into a bigger discussion about the pros and cons of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill at the moment. It would be helpful if, at some point in the future, we could have the minister and her officials back with us to set out the Scottish Government’s position. We could also take the opportunity to hear other stakeholders’ views. Today, though, and with the information that is before us, I would not want to put the minister or committee members in such a position when we are specifically considering the implications of the LCM and clause 42.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Our next item is consideration of two Scottish statutory instruments that are subject to the negative parliamentary procedure.

Does any member wish to comment on the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Modifications) and Agricultural Products, Aquatic Animal Health and Genetically Modified Organisms (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022?

As no member has indicated that they wish to comment, we will move on to consider the second SSI.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Alasdair Allan would like to ask a supplementary question.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

You must have an idea. You said that you had a mixture of feedback from the sector. Where is the sector saying that this has gone wrong? You admit that uptake is way lower than expected, so what does the feedback tell you is the reason? If it is not about difficulty in accessing the scheme or claiming, or about farmers not recognising the benefits of doing it, where is the problem that you are hearing about from the stakeholders?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Apologies for harking back to the carbon audits and soil testing, but I think that we all agree on how key that is to agriculture moving forward. Given that we are still experiencing a very low uptake, can you come back to us and let us know what your revised expectations are of uptake of soil testing and carbon audits? Given your engagement with industry, can you give us a better idea of where you feel improvements could be made to increase the uptake?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Is that not in 2025?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Okay.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

Okay. Thank you.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Budget 2023-24

Meeting date: 11 January 2023

Finlay Carson

We will now look at supporting islands.