Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (Scotland) Order 2016 (SSI 2016/406) 3. Deer Management in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Steve Albon, Emeritus Fellow, James Hutton Institute; Dr Duncan Halley, Researcher I, EU & EEA programmes contact, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Professor David McCracken, Head of Hill & Mountain Research Centre, Scotland's Rural College; Professor Rory Putman, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow. 4. Deer Management in Scotland: The Committee will consider evidence heard earlier in the meeting.