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:

Claudia Bennett (Scottish Parliament)

Michelle Colquhoun (Scottish Government)

Mairi Gougeon (Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands)

Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)

Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Lorna Slater (Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity)

Roz Thomson (Scottish Parliament)

Clerk to the committee

Emma Johnston