Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
4th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
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;
Graeme Prest, Director of Land Management and Regions, Forestry and Land Scotland;
Tom Turnbull, Chairman, Association of Deer Management Groups;
Duncan Orr-Ewing, Head of Species and Land Management, RSPB Scotland, LINK Deer Group;
Malcolm Combe, external advisor to the Deer Working Group.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.