Convener

*Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con)

Committee members

*Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab)

*Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)

*Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)

*Kate Forbes (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)

*Jenny Gilruth (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP)

*Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)

*Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (SNP)

*Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)

*David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Gary Aitken (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

Peter Charleston (Bat Conservation Trust)

Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson (Police Scotland)

Eddie Palmer (Scottish Badgers)

Detective Chief Superintendent Sean Scott (Police Scotland)

Andy Smith (Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

Ian Thomson (RSPB Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Lynn Tullis