Rural Affairs Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Rural Support Plan The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Vera Eory Reader in Sustainable Agriculture Scotland’s Rural College Michael Halliday Managing Director Scottish Tenant Farmers Association Artemis Pana National Coordinator Scottish Rural Action Pete Ritchie Director Nourish Scotland Dr Mike Robinson Chief Executive Royal Scottish Geographical Society Kate Rowell Chair Quality Meat Scotland Professor Steven Thomson Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy Scotland’s Rural College 3. Rural Support Plan – review of evidence The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 2.