Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

1. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Donald Fraser, Head of Wildlife Management, and Robbie Kernahan, Director of Green Economy, NatureScot; and then from— Peter Clark, Scotland Director, British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC); Ross Ewing, Director of Moorland, Scottish Land and Estates; David Fleetwood, Director of Policy, John Muir Trust; Alan McDonnell, Head of Nature Restoration, Trees for Life; Grant Moir, Chief Executive Officer, Cairngorms National Park Authority; Duncan Orr-Ewing, Head of Species and Land Management, RSPB Scotland, LINK Deer Group; Dick Playfair, Secretary, Scottish Venison Association; Graeme Prest, Director of Land Management and Regions, Forestry and Land Scotland; Tom Turnbull, Chairman, Association of Deer Management Groups. 2. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.