Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Committee membership
Current Members
Finlay Carson
- Role: Convener
- Member from: 1 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries
Beatrice Wishart
- Role: Deputy Convener
- Member from: 1 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
- MSP for: Shetland Islands
Colin Beattie
- Role: Member
- Member from: 18 June 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Ariane Burgess
- Role: Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Green Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Rhoda Grant
- Role: Member
- Member from: 25 April 2023
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Rachael Hamilton
- Role: Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Emma Harper
- Role: Member
- Member from: 20 February 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: South Scotland
Emma Roddick
- Role: Member
- Member from: 14 May 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Elena Whitham
- Role: Member
- Member from: 20 February 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Current Substitute Members
Karen Adam
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 6 March 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 29 June 2023
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Liam McArthur
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
- MSP for: Orkney Islands
Mark Ruskell
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 29 November 2023
- Party: Scottish Green Party
- MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife
Mercedes Villalba
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 25 April 2023
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: North East Scotland
Past Members
Alasdair Allan
- Role: Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023 to 17 June 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Jim Fairlie
- Role: Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023 to 9 February 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Kate Forbes
- Role: Member
- Member from: 29 June 2023 to 10 May 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Christine Grahame
- Role: Member
- Member from: 18 April 2023 to 29 June 2023
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Jenni Minto
- Role: Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023 to 31 March 2023
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Argyll and Bute
Past Substitute Members
Edward Mountain
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023 to 29 June 2023
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Colin Smyth
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 1 February 2023 to 25 April 2023
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: South Scotland
Evelyn Tweed
- Role: Substitute Member
- Member from: 29 June 2023 to 5 September 2023
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Stirling