Rural Support Plan (RSP) - consultation statement

Group membership

Academic Advisory Panel (AAP)

• Professor Mathew Williams, Chief Scientific Advisor for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture
• Sheila Voas, Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland
• Professor Lorna Dawson, James Hutton Institute
• Professor Lee-Ann Sutherland, James Hutton Institute
• Dr Andrew Moxey, Pareto Consulting
• Professor Sharon Huws, Queen’s University Belfast
• Professor Fiona Burnett, SRUC
• Professor Davy McCracken, SRUC
• Professor Steven Thomson, SRUC
• Professor Liz Baggs, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Paul Burgess, Cranfield University
• Dr Ada Ignaciuk, OECD

Agriculture Reform Implementation Oversight Board (ARIOB) (as at 5^th November 2025)

• Martin Kennedy, farmer/NFUS
• Tim Bailey, SAOS
• Scott Henderson, farmer
• Marion MacCormick, Supply Chain, Scotland Food and Drink
• Donald Mackinnon, Crofter
• Andy McGowan, MD Scottish Pig Producers
• Andrew Moir, farmer
• Anne Rae MacDonald, farmer
• Pete Ritchie, farmer and SE Link (Nourish Scotland)
• Mike Robinson, Academic and co-chair of Farming 1.5
• Kate Rowell, farmer, QMS and Just Transition commission
• Claire Simonetta, farmer
• Sarah Simpson, farmer and agricultural consultant
• Nikki Yoxall, farmer and NatureScot
• Gordon Caldwell, Vegetable producer
• Lucy McGillivray, Young Farmer

Agriculture and Rural Development Stakeholder Group (ARD)

• Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
• Agricultural Industries Confederation
• Central Association of Agricultural Valuers
• CONFOR
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
• Deer Farmers
• Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
• Highlands and Islands Agricultural Support Group
• Highland and Islands Enterprise
• Historic Environment Scotland
• Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland
• James Hutton Institute
• Linking Environment + Farming (LEAF)
• National Farmers Union Scotland
• National Sheep Association
• NatureScot
• Nourish Scotland
• Quality Meat Scotland
• RHASS
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• RSABI
• Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society
• Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers
• Scottish Association Of Young Farmers
• Scottish Beef Association
• Scottish Crofting Federation
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Forestry
• Scottish Land and Estates
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Scottish Government
• Scottish Organic Producers Association
• Scottish Quality Crops
• Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
• SE Link
• Soil Association
• South of Scotland Enterprise
• SRUC

Food and Agriculture Stakeholder Taskforce (FAST)

• Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC)
• Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS)
• National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS)
• National Sheep Association (NSA) Scotland
• Scottish Pig Producers Ltd.
• Quality Meat Scotland (QMS)
• Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW)
• Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC)
• Scottish Beef Association (SBA)
• National Beef Association (NBA)
• Scottish Craft Butchers
• Scottish Quality Crops (SQC)
• Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
• The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
• Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF)
• Ringlink Scotland
• Scottish Bakers
• RSABI
• SAOS

Policy Development Group (PDG)

• Jonathan Hall (NFUS)
• Vicki Swales (RSPB Scotland)
• Ian Davidson (independent)

SSBSS Reform Stakeholder Group

• NFU Scotland
• Adrian Ivory
• Claire Simonetta
• Scottish Beef Association
• Nigel Miller
• Scottish Crofting Federation
• Nikki Yoxall
• SAOS

Whole Farm Plan Steering Group

• NFUS
• LANTRA
• RSPB
• Land Workers Alliance
• Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
• Scottish Crofting Federation
• Scottish Land Matching Service