Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
7th Meeting, 2021
Committees sometimes meet in private. This might be to hear confidential or particularly sensitive information, or to discuss a draft report. When a committee meets in private, its proceedings are not broadcast and, usually, there is no Official Report. However, the committee minutes will record the business taken and any decisions reached.
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.
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.
Papers for this item:
Paper 2 (262KB, pdf) posted 01 October 2021
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
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
Papers for this item:
Paper 4 (112KB, pdf) posted 01 October 2021
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
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;Papers for this item:
Paper 5 (171KB, pdf) posted 01 October 2021
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will take evidence from—
and then from -
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.