Rural Development Committee, 10 Dec 2002
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 10, 2002
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Scottish Parliament Rural Development Committee Tuesday 10 December 2002 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:01]
Good afternoon. I welcome everyone to the Rural Development Committee. We are one or two members short. I am sure that they are coming, but we have an enormous agenda today so I am keen to make progress in as timely a fashion as possible.
We have received apologies from Irene Oldfather and we have notification that Rhoda Grant and Alasdair Morrison will be late; they are in flight as we speak. I welcome John McAllion, who is the Labour party substitute on the committee, for the first time. It is nice to have him here.
I remind all members and the public to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off.