Finance Committee, 09 Sep 2004

Meeting date: Thursday, September 9, 2004

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Scottish Parliament Finance Committee Thursday 9 September 2004

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:03]

Good morning. I welcome members of the Finance Committee, the press and the public to probably the most magnificent of the committee rooms in the new Holyrood buildings.

I start with the familiar message to members to switch off their pagers and mobile phones. I think that guidance on the new audio system has been issued to members, but I remind you to put your cards into the console. The microphones will come on automatically; you will not need to press the request-to-speak button. I also remind members that there will be no electronic voting in committee.

I have received apologies from John Swinburne, who will be about half an hour late.