Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. The Committee will also decide whether its review of evidence heard in relation to EU exit and the environment and the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will take evidence on the Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019from— Elspeth MacDonald, Environmental Quality & Circular Economy Division, and Emily Freeman, Directorate of Legal Services, Scottish Government. 3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider proposals by the Scottish Government to consent to the UK Government legislating using the powers under the Act in relation to the following UK statutory instrument proposals— The Persistent Organic Pollutants (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Control of Mercury (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Ozone-Depleting Substances (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018; The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (UK) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Air Quality (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 1) Regulations 2018; The Air Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2018; The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018; The Agriculture (Zootechnics) (UK) (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments); and The Farriers (Registration) and Animal Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. 4. EU exit and the environment: The Committee will take evidence from- Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform; Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity; Katriona Carmichael, Deputy Director, Environment and Land Use Strategy, David Barnes, National Adviser for Agriculture, and Mike Palmer, Deputy Director, Marine Scotland, Scottish Government. 5. EU exit and the environment: The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 6. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will review the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.