COUNCIL leadership will be seeking early talks with Scotland’s new rural affairs and islands secretary following her appointment yesterday (Wednesday). Angus North and Mearns MSP Mairi Gougeon took on the role as part of first minister Nicola Sturgeon’s cabinet reshuffle..
FIRST minster Nicola Sturgeon has appointed Angus North and Mearns MSP Mairi Gougeon as the Scottish Government’s new cabinet secretary for rural affairs and islands. The post includes responsibility for agriculture, food and drink policy, fisheries and aquaculture as well as.