1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.

2. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Dr Clare Frances Moran
  Lecturer and Co-Director
  Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law, University of Aberdeen
• Murdo MacLeod KC
• Rachael Weir
  Head of Policy and Engagement
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
• Iain Batho
  Head of the Wildlife and Environmental Crime Unit
  Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

and then from:

• Dr Ricardo Pereira
  Reader in Law
  Cardiff University
• Dr Suwita Hani Randhawa
  Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
  University of the West of England
• Dr Rachel Killean
  Senior Lecturer
  The University of Sydney Law School

3. Ecocide (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting and review its approach to scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.