Rural Development Committee, 03 Apr 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 3, 2001

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Interests

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the meeting. Since our previous meeting, there have been two changes to the committee's membership. I want to thank Jamie Stone and Mary Mulligan for their help. They were not with the committee for a particularly long time, but they took an active part in its activity while they were members. They have now moved on to other activities.

We have two new members: George Lyon, who has been appointed by the Liberal Democrats, and Elaine Smith, who has been appointed by the Labour party. I invite them to declare any interests.

I have a farming business on Bute and am a member of the National Farmers Union of Scotland.

Thank you. In case members missed it, I should say that Elaine Smith indicated that she had no interests to declare.