Committee Advisers

Post-EU exit policy advisers

The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has appointed the following advisers to assist its scrutiny of agriculture and fisheries policies following EU exit—

• Professor Paul Fernandes, Heriot-Watt University, as adviser on post-EU exit fisheries policy; and
• Dr Mary Dobbs, Maynooth University, and Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University, as advisers on post-EU exit agriculture policy.

The Committee’s advisers are appointed until the end of the Parliamentary Session in March 2026.