Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 2. Draft Climate Change Plan: The Committee will take evidence from— Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Brendan Callaghan, Interim Chief Executive, Scottish Forestry, Tim Ellis, Deputy Director, Future Environment, and John Kerr, Head of Agriculture Policy, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Sea Fish (Prohibition on Fishing) (Firth of Clyde) Order 2026 (SSI 2026/10) from— Esther Brooker, Senior Advocacy Officer, Scottish Environment LINK. Dr Robin Cook, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Strathclyde University. Rea Cris, Public Affairs Manager, Open Seas. Alex Watson Crook, Projects Manager, Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust. Megan Hamill, Trustee, Community of Arran Seabed Trust. Alastair Hamilton, Chair of the NW Coast, Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups Network. Professor Michael Heath, Professor in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde. Sean McIlwraith, Static Fisherman and Kenneth MacNab, Mobile Fisherman. Elaine Whyte, Executive Secretary, Clyde Fishermen’s Association. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Agricultural Products) (Consequential Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/407) 5. Draft Climate Change Plan: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.