Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Shellfish (Restrictions on Taking by Unlicensed Fishing Boats) (Scotland) Order 2017 (SSI 2017/57) from— Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, Jim Watson, Marine Scotland Sea Fisheries Policy, and Tom Robertson, Marine Scotland Compliance, Head of Surveillance and Enforcement, Scottish Government. 2. Subordinate legislation: Mike Rumbles to move— S5M-04500—That the Rural Economy and Committee recommends that the Shellfish (Restrictions on Taking by Unlicensed Fishing Boats) (Scotland) Order 2017 (SSI 2017/57) be annulled. 3. Forth Replacement Crossing: The Committee will take evidence from— Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, and David Climie, Project Director, Forth Replacement Crossing Team,Transport Scotland, Scottish Government; Sally Cox, Chair, and Michael Martin, Project Director, Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors. 4. Transport update: The Committee will take evidence from— Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport and the Islands, Bill Reeve, Director of Rail, Transport Scotland, John Nicholls, Director - Aviation, Maritime, Freight & Canals, Alasdair Graham, Head of Planning and Design, and Tom Davy, Head of Bus and Local Transport Policy Unit, Transport Scotland, Scottish Government. REC/S5/17/11/A 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 [draft] and The Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017[draft] from— Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport and the Islands, Yvette Sheppard, Environment and Sustainability Branch, Transport Scotland, Elizabeth Morrison, TAWS Unit, Anne Cairns, Legal Adviser, and Bill Brash, Environmental Impact Assessment Transposition Manager, Scottish Government. 6. Subordinate legislation: Humza Yousaf (Minister for Transport and the Islands) to move— S5M-04878—That the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee recommends that The Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 [draft] be approved. S5M-04879—That the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee recommends that The Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 [draft] be approved. 7. Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— George Mair, Director, and Paul White, Communications Manager, Confederation of Passenger Transport; Alex Scott, Bus Services Manager, and Alan Hutton, Team Leader Schools, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport; Gary McGowan, Chairman, ATCO Scotland Education Transport, Association of Transport Co-ordinating Officers.