Rural Affairs Committee

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private, and whether its consideration of a draft report on the Rural Support Plan should be taken in private at item 7 and future meetings. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its next meeting considering committee objectives and its work programme should be taken in private. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the Scottish Land Commission (Number of Land Commissioners) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/284). 4. Outdoor access in Scotland – evidence: The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Katrina Brown, Senior Researcher, James Hutton Institute. Malcolm Combe, Reader in Law, University of Strathclyde. Professor Peter Higgins, Environmental and Sustainability Education, University of Edinburgh; NatureScot Board Member. 5. Outdoor access in Scotland – review of evidence: The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 4. 6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government. 7. Rural Support Plan – report: The Committee will consider a draft report.