 Y Llywyddanydol 不 bryd i gynhyrchu'r lleol yn Gweithrein. Mae'r 7 oes ei fawr iawn i Diolch yn 2019. Foddwch chi rwy'n byw ddweud i gyd panflliwch ar gweithrein y mae'r fawr, pleiddi allanodol y mae'r cyllid yn gobeithio. Jaime Greene wedi ei ddweud hynny'n mwy fwy o risi. Mae'r prif nesaf yn gallu ei cymdeilio. Foddwch chi'n fawr ni'n gweithio John Scott yn gweithrein. John, os ydych chi'n gweithrein ydweud yw i'n gweithrein? I'm a farmer, I'm part of a farming partnership, I'm a member of the NFU, I'm a founder, member of the Scottish Farmer's Markets and various other interests to which I'd refer colleagues to in my register of interests. I, too, just going to remind members, because we will be coming on to an SI that deals with agriculture, that I am a member of a farming partnership. It's not necessary to make a declaration unless you want to speak, but if anyone else would like to make a declaration, Peter, you've indicated you would. I will be convener, as most folk know, I'm a member of a farm partnership as well, but I have no intention of speaking on the SI, so we shall see how it goes. That's it. I'm having a very small registered agriculture holding from which I derive new income. We'll then move straight on to agenda item 1, which is the European Withdrawal Act, and this is the sift of four Brexit-related negative instruments, as detailed in the agenda. As this is the committee's first consideration of Brexit SI's, I'm going to just explain the procedure. The Brexit-related SI's, under an agreed protocol between the Parliament and the Scottish Government, the lead committee has the opportunity in advance of the usual policy consideration to consider whether the parliamentary procedure allocated to the instrument by the Scottish Government, either affirmative or negative, is appropriate. The lead committee can agree with the Scottish Government's view on the procedure and or recommend it be changed. This is known as the sift. The Scottish Government has allocated the negative procedure to all four SSIs this morning. Is the committee agreed that it is contempt with the parliamentary procedure allocated to these instruments by the Scottish Government? Yes. We are agreed. Therefore, we'll move straight on to agenda item 2, and this is the consideration of five negative instruments as detailed on the agenda. No motions to a null have been received in relation to these instruments. Is the committee agreed that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to these instruments? No, Stuart, you'd like to say something. Yes. I'm not speaking to oppose our support for any of these instruments, but I just have some questions that the committee might consider. It would wish to put to the Government the associated with one of them, which is the Fisheries, EU Exits Scotland amendment regulations 2019. I note to section 1 that it has a commencement provision. The commencement provision for parts 1 and 2 is that they come into force on 28 March 2019. That is one day before the current date that the UK would expect to leave the EU. I would be interested to know whether, if 29 March 2019, we are to change whether that has a consequence for this. I cannot see one, but I think that it's a proper question to ask. It then goes on and says that parts 3 and 4 come into force on exit day. That's fair enough. That's whatever day it is. There are other parts to the bill from 5 onwards about which it says nothing on commencement. Again, I'd just like to be confident that when they will come into force beyond section 5, since it's raised the issue of commencement. The other thing, I suppose, is in looking specifically at section 4, because it's about reporting requirements rather than anything else. It's not a wider issue, but it appears to leave at where it makes an amendment at subsection 2 of 4 at 4 to A7. Essentially, it's keeping the EU vessels as a separate category from vessels that are not EU and not UK. I just wonder why it's constructed in that way. Now, except that what I've read in the advice from the legal egos that the effect of this order is to leave things the same, but I'd just like confirmation that in constructing it in that way it's not introducing a little difference from what I think the fishermen in particular might expect. I myself might expect and any of us might expect to look at that, but it is a deeply technical instrument that I don't confess to having got my mind round every part of it. Does anyone else have any comments on that? What I suggest is that we write to the Scottish Government and raise the points that Stuart has raised this morning on commencement dates and definition of nationality of vessels to paraphrase it and seek their clarification on those matters, but on the subject that we get clarification of those, which I think is slightly separate, is a committee agreed that it does not want to make any recommendations in relation to these instruments apart from that. We are agreed. We can move straight on to agenda item 3, which is the European Withdrawal Act. There are two notifications and these are consent notifications in relation to two UKSIs as detailed on the agenda. These cover animal health and control measures relating to African swine fever and legislation relating to wine spirits, genetically modified organisms and cap direct payments at the point of EU exit. All these instruments are being laid in the UK Parliament in relation to the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018. Does anyone wish to make any comment on these? My question to the committee, therefore, is does the committee agree to write to the Scottish Government to confirm that it is content for consent for the UKSIs referred to in the notifications to be given and to note and request a response from the Scottish Government on the wider policy matters that have been identified within the briefing paper? We are agreed. Thank you. The committee will now move into private session.