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.