1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Douglas Bell
  Managing Director
  Scottish Tenant Farmers Association
• Rob Clarke
  Head of Policy
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
• John McCulloch
  Agri and Rural Affairs Committee Chair
  Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs
• Grant Moir
  Chief Executive Officer
  Cairngorms National Park Authority
• Jeremy Moody
  Secretary and Adviser
  Central Association of Agricultural Valuers Scotland
• Theona Morrison
  Chair
  Scottish Rural Action
• Professor Sarah Skerratt
  Chief Executive
  Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Steven Thomson
  Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy
  Scotland’s Rural College

3. Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM-S6-41 from—

• Gillian Martin
  Minister for Energy and the Environment
  Scottish Government
• Grant McLarty
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Andrew Voas
  Veterinary Head of Animal Welfare
  Scottish Government

4. Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will consider the the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.