Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Scottish Government's Wildlife Crime in Scotland - Annual Report 2015: The Committee will take evidence from— Gary Aitken, Head of the Wildlife and Environmental Crime Unit, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; Steve Johnson, Assistant Chief Constable, and Sean Scott, Detective Chief Superintendant, Police Scotland; and then from— Eddie Palmer, Chair, Scottish Badgers; Andy Smith, Committee Member, Scottish Gamekeepers Association; Ian Thomson, Head of Investigations, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Peter Charleston, Conservation Wildlife Crime Officer, Bat Conservation Trust. 3. Scottish Government's Wildlife Crime in Scotland - 2015 Annual Report: The Committee will consider evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2017-18: The Committee will consider a draft report to the Finance Committee on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2017-18.