Rural Affairs Committee, 14 Mar 2000
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
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Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs Committee Tuesday 14 March 2000 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:02]
I had hoped that, out of courtesy, a few more committee members would have arrived by now. It is rather distracting for our main speaker if members arrive during his opening remarks.
I thank members for attending. It is a pleasure to have the Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs and his advisers with us today. I have received apologies from Dr Elaine Murray, who will be unable to join us; otherwise, now that John Farquhar Munro has arrived, we have a full house.
I have been called to a meeting of the Parliamentary Bureau, which will take place at 2.30 pm. For the first item of business, I shall hand over to the deputy convener, Alasdair Morgan; I hope that I will be able to slip away without disturbing the meeting too much. I should arrive back later in the meeting.