Rural Affairs Committee [Draft]

Convener

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

Deputy convener

*Andrew Baxter (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (LD)

Committee members

*Dawn Black (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP)

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

*Jamie Langan (South Scotland) (Reform)

*Laura Mitchell (Moray) (SNP)

Emma Roddick (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Professor Roxane Andersen (University of the Highlands and Islands)

Jim Fairlie (Minister for Agriculture, Marine and the Islands)

Andy Ford (Cairngorms National Park Authority)

Professor Simon Girling (Scottish Government)

Stuart Goodall (Confor)

Peter Hutchinson (NatureScot)

Richard Lindsay (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

Paul Lowe (Scottish Forestry)

Grant McLarty (Scottish Government)

Simon Ritchie (Woodland Trust Scotland)

Andy Rockall (Community Woodlands Association)