Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Evelyn Tweed will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. 3. Future agriculture policy: The Committee will take evidence from— Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Andrew Crawley, Lawyer, James Muldoon, Head of Agriculture Support Policy Development Unit, and Amanda Callaghan, Deputy Director Agriculture and Land Transition, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/draft) from— Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Andrew Crawley, Lawyer, James Muldoon, Head of Agriculture Support Policy Development Unit, and Iain Carmichael, Head of Agricultural Development, Scottish Government. 5. Subordinate legislation: Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity to move— S6M-15912—That the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee recommends that the Rural Support (Improvement) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 be approved. 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Little Loch Broom Scallops Several Fishery (Variation) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/7) 7. Future agriculture policy: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.