Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Amendment to the Joint Fisheries Statement: The Committee will take evidence from— Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands, Jane Macpherson, Head of Fisheries Management Strategy, and Emma Stevenson, Solicitor, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Wildlife Management (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/268) 4. Amendment to the Joint Fisheries Statement: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.