Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 [draft] from— Mairi Gougeon, Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment, Helen Stanley, Senior Policy Officer, John Kerr, Head of Agriculture Policy Division, and Juliet Harkins, Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Mairi Gougeon (Minister for Rural Affiars and the Natural Environment) to move—S5M-15628—That the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee recommends that the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 [draft] be approved. 3. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018: The Committee will consider a proposal 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 Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment Etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019; The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Basic Acts) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (CAP) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; Market Measures Payment Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; The Market Measures (Domestic Provisions) (CAP) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; and The Organic Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. 4. Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Rod King MBE, Founder and Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us; Stuart Hay, Director, Living Streets Scotland; Dr Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport & Health, Edinburgh Napier University; Bruce Whyte, Public Health Programme Manager, Glasgow Centre for Population Health; Gavin Thomson, Air Pollution Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland, Scottish Environment LINK. 5. Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will review the evidence it has heard on the Restricted Roads (20 mph Speed Limit) (Scotland) Bill at item 4. 6. Transport (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.