The Scottish Parliament: - Committees - Rural Affairs and Environment

The remit of the committee is to consider and report on agriculture, fisheries and rural development and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment.

Membership

Maureen Watt (Convener)
John Scott (Deputy Convener)
Aileen Campbell
Karen Gillon

Liam McArthur
Elaine Murray
Peter Peacock
Bill Wilson

For further information on the Committee's current and past membership including substitutes, follow this link. Information on how to contact the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee can be found on the Contact Details page.

News Releases
Committee recommends that crofting reform proposals proceed

Current Business
The Committee has agreed a work programme to the end of 2010. Please note that this may be subject to minor changes. For details of future meetings please contact the Clerk. The Committee expects to be designated as lead committee to scrutinse the Wildlife and Natural Enviroment (Scotland) Bill and has issued a call for views on the general principles of the Bill. The Committee was designated as lead committee to scrutinise the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill and published its Stage 1 report on 6 May 2010. The Scottish Government's response to the Stage 1 report was received on 12 May 2010. The Committee has recently held two evidence-taking sessions on the issues arising from the Royal Society of Edinburgh's report into Scotland's Hills and Islands. Further information on this work, Committee correspondence and information on petitions being considered by Committee, may be found on the Current Business page.

Committee Meetings
View live Committee meetings or View archived Committee meetings Next Meeting: Last Meeting: 17th Meeting, Wednesday 23 June 2010 Papers 23 (895KB pdf first posted 21.06.2010) Minute of Proceedings of Meeting 23 June 2010 Official Report of Meeting 23 June 2010 Previous Meetings

Committee Reports
Recent Committee Reports: 06 June 2010 5th Report 2010: Annual Report 2009-2010 12 May 2010 Scottish Government response to the Stage 1 report on the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill 06 May 2010 4th Report 2010: Stage 1 Report on the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill 09 April 2010 3rd Report 2010: Report on Subordinate Legislation 28 January 2010 Scottish Government response to the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy report 25 January 2010 2nd Report 2010: Report on Subordinate Legislation 22 January 2010 1st Report 2010: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the UK Flood and Water Management Bill - LCM (S3) 24.1 Previous Reports.