Environment and Rural Development Committee, 14 Jun 2006
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Official Report
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Interests
I welcome people to the Environment and Rural Development Committee. I invite everyone who has a mobile phone or a BlackBerry to turn it to silent. If it is left switched on, I ask them to ensure that it is not near a microphone, otherwise the sound system will pick it up and we will hear strange noises later on.
We have no apologies this morning. I welcome members of the committee, witnesses and the members of the press and public who have joined us in the public gallery.
Agenda item 1 is a declaration of interests. On 8 June, the Parliament agreed that Eleanor Scott should replace Mark Ruskell as the Scottish Green Party representative on the committee. I welcome her to the committee. She has been on the committee before and has volunteered to come back again.
The members' code of conduct states:
"It has been established as good practice that members should declare interests relevant to the remit of that committee at the first meeting of the committee"
that they attend. Therefore, I invite Eleanor to declare any relevant interests.
Thank you. It is nice to be back. I declare that I am a member of WWF and Friends of the Earth Scotland.