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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 May 2025
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Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Draft Joint Fisheries Statement

Meeting date: 23 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

Is there the potential to have a tolerance if what is proposed is impractical according to the feedback, which we obviously have to wait for?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 16 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

I was going to ask the same question.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 16 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

I just want clarification from the minister about why the Scottish Government has chosen to go along with the same policy as the UK. I believe that there is an issue with the supply of some of the material for organic pullets. Every time we consider legislation, there is never an explanation why the Scottish Government has chosen not to take a different route from the rest of the UK.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

Why have stakeholders said that the BRIA did not follow the correct process with regard to the impact that the closure was going to have on fishermen?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

Has any assessment been made of the future financial benefit that fishermen will get for forgoing their income for 11 weeks?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

Will you accept as true the accusation that you put the Bute house agreement before fishermen and their livelihoods and families?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

I thank committee members for setting out their stall. Of course, we want to protect cod stocks; so, too, do fishermen—they call themselves conservationists.

I am disappointed that some colleagues are not considering the issue seriously enough. They are just getting behind the Government. It is a spineless approach by SNP back benchers. In particular, I am afraid that I have to call out my colleague Jenni Minto, as she called for compensation for her constituents in January over this. I am sorry, Jenni, that your Government does not support you or your constituents on that.

It is imperative that the cabinet secretary takes our concerns at face value. I will press my motion. The matter is urgent and the Government must quickly come back to the table with new proposals.

I know that my motion to annul will fail today because I do not have the numbers behind me. The odds are stacked against me because SNP back benchers will support the Government’s position, which is regrettable. However, I urge the Government to urgently carry out a review and come back with new proposals.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

That means that the best available scientific evidence is deficient—you have made a decision without the Scottish Government having resourced evidence-based studies on which to base decisions. There has been a failure of the Scottish Government to provide evidence.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

Cabinet secretary, is this fair, compared to the support that was given through furlough when businesses were shut down due to Covid regulations? Your Government gave such short notice to stakeholders that exemptions would be removed and, therefore, that people’s livelihoods would be removed. As one person described it, it would be three months without income, but it is not just that, is it cabinet secretary? It is about the processors, the hauliers and the skippers’ families. Other than the pleas from the stakeholders, I cannot see anything in the information that shows that the Scottish Government has taken account of the economic impact of removing the exemptions.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 9 March 2022

Rachael Hamilton

I am sorry, cabinet secretary, but displacement can cause safety issues and some fishermen cannot move, so their livelihoods are being completely cut off. We have heard evidence from individuals who have had to take loans or dip into savings because they are still having to pay for insurance and other costs that are associated with fishing. If your salary were removed for three months, I am sure that you would feel it.