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—

• Dr Ruth Wilson
  The James Hutton Institute
• Dr Jonathan Hopkins
  The James Hutton Institute
• Philip Raines
  Interim Deputy Director, Rural Economy and Communities
  Scottish Government
• Camille Dressler
  Chair
  Scottish Islands Federation
• Douglas Cowan
  Director of Communities and Place
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• Artemis Pana
  National Coordinator
  Scottish Rural Action
• Derek Logie
  Chief Executive
  Rural Housing Scotland
• Jenny Milne
  Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community
• Alex Reid
  Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community
• Jane Craigie
  Director
  Rural Youth Project
• Kieran Sinclair
  Rural Youth Project
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland

6. Evidence Session

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.