Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Committee membership
Current Members
Finlay Carson
- Convener: from 01 February 2023
- Member: from 01 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries
Beatrice Wishart
- Deputy Convener: from 01 February 2023
- Member: from 01 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
- MSP for: Shetland Islands
Colin Beattie
- Member: from 18 June 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
Ariane Burgess
- Member: from 01 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Green Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Tim Eagle
- Member: from 10 October 2024
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Rhoda Grant
- Member: from 25 April 2023
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Emma Harper
- Member: from 20 February 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: South Scotland
Emma Roddick
- Member: from 14 May 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Elena Whitham
- Member: from 20 February 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Current Substitute Members
Christine Grahame
- Substitute Member: from 18 September 2024
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Daniel Johnson
- Substitute Member: from 25 September 2024
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: Edinburgh Southern
Liam McArthur
- Substitute Member: from 01 February 2023
- Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats
- MSP for: Orkney Islands
Mark Ruskell
- Substitute Member: from 29 November 2023
- Party: Scottish Green Party
- MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife
Brian Whittle
- Substitute Member: from 06 November 2024
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: South Scotland
Past Members
Full details of committee membership, including dates, are available on each Member's page and in the SPICe fact sheet.
Karen Adam
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast
Alasdair Allan
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Jim Fairlie
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Kate Forbes
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
Rachael Hamilton
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Jenni Minto
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Argyll and Bute
Mercedes Villalba
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: North East Scotland
Past Substitute Members
Full details of committee membership, including dates, are available on each Member's page and in the SPICe fact sheet.
Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Edward Mountain
- Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- MSP for: Highlands and Islands
Colin Smyth
- Party: Scottish Labour
- MSP for: South Scotland
Evelyn Tweed
- Party: Scottish National Party
- MSP for: Stirling