Rural Affairs and Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Interests

Good morning. I welcome everyone to the committee’s first meeting of 2011. I ask you to switch off mobile phones and BlackBerrys, as they impact on the broadcasting system.

I welcome Stewart Stevenson as a replacement for Aileen Campbell on the committee. I place on record my thanks to Aileen for all her work while she was on the committee and to Sandra White for ably deputising in her role as committee substitute for Aileen towards the end of last year.

Under agenda item 1, I invite Stewart Stevenson to declare any relevant interests.

For the sake of completeness, I declare my joint ownership with my spouse of a registered agricultural holding of approximately 3 acres. I derive no income from the holding and undertake no agricultural activity on it. It is lent to neighbours for the grazing of sheep in exchange for their management of the park. Other than that, I have no relevant interests.

Thank you, and welcome to the committee.