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:

Richard Cooke (Association of Deer Management Groups)

Patrick Creasey (North Ross Deer Management Group)

Mike Daniels (John Muir Trust)

Alex Hogg (Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

Dr Maggie Keegan (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

Drew McFarlane Slack (Scottish Land & Estates)

Grant Moir (Cairngorms National Park Authority)

Malcolm Muir (South Lanarkshire Council)

Duncan Orr-Ewing (Scottish Environment LINK)

Simon Pepper (Forest Policy Group)

Richard Playfair (Lowland Deer Network Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Lynn Tullis