Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of its work programme, its pre-budget letter and its approach to Stage 1 scrutiny of the Good Food Nation Bill should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider whether the following instrument has been laid under the appropriate procedure— The Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 Meat Preparations (Import Conditions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 4. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider a proposal by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instruments: The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulation 2021; The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2021 The Committee will also give retrospective consideration to the following instruments which were consented to by Scottish Ministers during the Parliamentary recess: The Trade and Official Controls (Transitional Arrangements for Prior Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021; The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2021; and The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021. 5. Scotland’s Island Communities: The Committee will take evidence from— Ruth Wilson, Dr, and Jonathan Hopkins, Dr, The James Hutton Institute; Philip Raines, Scottish Government; and then from— Camille Dressler, Scottish Islands Federation; Douglas Cowan, Highlands and Islands Enterprise; Artemis Pana, Scottish Rural Action; Derek Logie, Rural Housing Scotland; Jenny Milne, and Alex Reid, Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community; Jane Craigie, and Kieran Sinclair, Rural Youth Project. 6. Evidence Session The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.