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Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 17 June 2020

17 Jun 2020 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill
Greene, Jamie Con West Scotland Watch on SPTV

I appreciate that today has been a long day and I deliberately did not participate in the stage 3 deliberations. However, I want to put on the record two important points. Given the point about seal culling, will the minister give appropriate guidance to the aquaculture industry, so that it knows what options are available to it in the event that a seal breaches a net in a fish farm? I know that that is a real issue and a number of farms are now unsure about the mechanisms that are available to them in that scenario, so I hope that the minister will follow that up.

The second issue is the mountain hare amendment that has just passed. If, down the line, we discover that there are unintended negative consequences that fly in the face of the well-meaning intention of the amendment, will the minister have the resolve to come back to Parliament and amend the legislation at a future date if it is necessary?

In the same item of business

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Lewis Macdonald) Lab
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-22044, in the name of Mairi Gougeon, on the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Sco...
The Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment (Mairi Gougeon) SNP
I am delighted to present the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill to Parliament for the stage 3 debate. I am passionate ...
Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con) Con
I appreciate that today has been a long day and I deliberately did not participate in the stage 3 deliberations. However, I want to put on the record two imp...
The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab
Minister, can you start to wind up, please?
Mairi Gougeon SNP
Yes, I will be as brief as I can. We tried to give the committee as much notice as we could about the seal amendment, and we have engaged with the industry...
Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con) Con
From the outset and at all stages, the Scottish Conservatives have supported the general principles of the bill, which are to update the Animal Health and We...
Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab
This is, indeed, an important bill, and it is right that penalties and powers related to the offences in the bill are brought into line with a more modern un...
Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) Green
The Greens will back the bill tonight. The minister makes the important point that we should not lose sight of the significant provisions in the bill—in part...
The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab
I call Liam McArthur to make a remote contribution, for which he has up to three minutes. 19:56
Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) LD
It has been a long afternoon. Some of us have probably exceeded our screen time for the week and it is only Wednesday, so I will be brief. Scottish Liberal ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab
Gillian Martin is the only speaker in the open debate. I will have to hold her to three minutes. 20:00
Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) SNP
The clock starts now, Presiding Officer. As the minister did, I will concentrate on the initial policy aim of the bill, which is to increase penalties for a...
The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab
We move to the closing speeches. 20:03
Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab
Scotland has some of the lowest penalties in Europe for animal welfare and wildlife crimes. The bill is an important step towards addressing that. It will gi...
Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) Con
In closing for the Scottish Conservatives, I express my thanks to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee for its work on the bill. The Con...
Mairi Gougeon SNP
If anything can be taken from the debate, it is the passion and strength of feeling that members across the chamber have for animal welfare and our wildlife,...