Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Deer working group report: The Committee will take evidence from— Malcolm Combe, external advisor to the Deer Working Group; Richard Cooke, Chair, Scottish Venison Association; Ross Ewing, Director of Moorland, Scottish Land and Estates; David Fleetwood, Director of Policy, John Muir Trust; Donald Fraser, Head of Wildlife Management, NatureScot; Lea MacNally, Deer Group Member, Scottish Gamekeepers Association; Duncan Orr-Ewing, Head of Species and Land Management, RSPB Scotland, LINK Deer Group; Graeme Prest, Director of Land Management and Regions, Forestry and Land Scotland; Tom Turnbull, Chairman, Association of Deer Management Groups. 3. Deer working group report: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.