Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Convener

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

Deputy convener

*Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD)

Committee members

*Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)

*Alasdair Allan (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)

*Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green)

*Jim Fairlie (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP)

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

*Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

*Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)

The following also participated:

Libby Anderson (Scottish Animal Welfare Commission)

Iain Batho (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

Chris Brown (Asda)

Susan Davies (Independent Taskforce on SSPCA Powers)

Bob Elliot (OneKind)

Glynn Evans (British Association for Shooting and Conservation)

Ross Ewing (Scottish Land & Estates)

Jessica Findlay (NatureScot)

Chief Superintendent Mike Flynn (Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Conor Kelly (Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

Chief Inspector Kevin Kelly (National Wildlife Crime Unit)

Calum Kippen (Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

Detective Sergeant David Lynn (Police Scotland)

Ross MacLeod (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust)

Penny Middleton (National Farmers Union Scotland)

Ian Thomson (RSPB Scotland)

Sophie Throup (Morrisons)

Clerk to the committee

Emma Johnston