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Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

The Committee focuses on areas including:

  • rural land use, including forestry, farming and crofting
  • food and drink supply chain
  • animal welfare and wildlife crime
  • fisheries and aquaculture
  • issues relevant to the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 

The Committee's name changed from Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee to Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 1 February 2023. 

Next meeting

Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.

Get in touch

If you want to get in touch, you can contact Emma Johnston, the Clerk for the committee.

Tagh raon-ama: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP

Phone: 0131 348 5985 Find out about call charges.

If you're appearing as a witness at a committee, take a look at our witness guide for more information.

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Tagh raon-ama Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

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Finlay Carson

Convener

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Galloway and West Dumfries (Constituency)

Beatrice Wishart

Deputy Convener

Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats

MSP for: Shetland Islands (Constituency)

Karen Adam

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Constituency)

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Constituency)

Party: Scottish Green Party

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Jim Fairlie

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Constituency)

Kate Forbes

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Constituency)

Rhoda Grant

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Constituency)

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Christine Grahame

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Constituency)

Jamie Halcro Johnston

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)

Liam McArthur

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish Liberal Democrats

MSP for: Orkney Islands (Constituency)

Mercedes Villalba

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)

Committee work

Official Reports

Official Reports

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, United Kingdom Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Rural Affairs and Islands Remit, Subordinate Legislation, Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, National Islands Plan Annual Report 2022, Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Salmon Farming

Reports