Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Douglas Bell, Managing Director, Scottish Tenant Farmers Association; Rob Clarke, Head of Policy, Highlands and Islands Enterprise; John McCulloch, Agri and Rural Affairs Committee Chair , Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs; Grant Moir, Chief Executive Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority; Jeremy Moody, Secretary and Adviser, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers Scotland; Theona Morrison, Chair, Scottish Rural Action; Professor Sarah Skerratt, Chief Executive, Royal Society of Edinburgh; Steven Thomson, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Scotland’s Rural College. 3. Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-41 from— Gillian Martin, Minister for Energy and the Environment, Grant McLarty, Solicitor, and Andrew Voas, Veterinary Head of Animal Welfare, Scottish Government. 4. Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider the the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.