RACCE/S4/13/11/M

RURAL AFFAIRS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE

MINUTES

11th Meeting, 2013 (Session 4)

Wednesday 20 March 2013

Present:

Jayne Baxter Claudia Beamish Graeme Dey (Deputy Convener) Nigel Don (Convener) Jim Hume Angus MacDonald Jamie McGrigor (Committee Substitute)

Also present: , Minister for Environment and Climate Change and Tavish Scott.

Apologies were received from Alex Fergusson.

The meeting opened at 9.30 am.

1. Aquaculture and Fisheries () Bill: The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—

1 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0) 65 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0) 66 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0) 49 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0) 50 (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 1) 51 (For 3, Against 5, Abstentions 1) 52 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0) 2 (For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0) 67 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0) 68 (For 1, Against 8, Abstentions 0) RACCE/S4/13/11/M

69 (For 1, Against 8, Abstentions 0) 11 (For 2, Against 7, Abstentions 0).

The following provisions were agreed to as amended: sections 1 and 2.

The Committee ended consideration of the Bill for the day amendment 11 having been disposed of.

2. Review of the Agricultural Rent Review Procedures in Scotland: The Committee took evidence on the Rent Review Working Group's Report on the group's recommendations to the Tenant Farmers Forum and the Scottish Government from—

Scott Walker, Chief Executive, National Farmers Union Scotland;

Andrew Howard, Managing Director, Moray Estates, and Stuart Young, Chief Executive, Dunecht Estate, Scottish Land and Estates;

Andrew Wood, and Andrew Hamilton, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Scotland;

Angus McCall, Chairman, and Christopher Nicholson, Vice Chairman, Scottish Tenant Farmers' Association.

3. Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reduction Targets 2013- 2027 - The Draft Second Report on Proposals and Policies (in private): The Committee agreed its draft report.

The meeting closed at 12.55 pm.

Lynn Tullis Clerk to the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee Room T3.40 The Edinburgh Tel: 0131 348 5240 Email: [email protected]