Rural Affairs and Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Decisions on Taking Business in Private

Good morning. I welcome everyone to the committee’s 12th meeting of the year. I ask everyone please to remember to switch off their mobile phones and BlackBerrys, as they impact on the broadcasting system. The main purpose of today’s meeting is to take evidence on the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s report on Scotland’s hills and islands. We will hear first from representatives of the RSE and then from a panel of stakeholders. Before we move to evidence taking, we have some subordinate legislation to consider.

The first item of business is consideration of whether to take in private agenda item 5, which is consideration of the themes arising from the evidence that we take today. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Does the committee also agree to consider in private the themes arising from future evidence sessions, along with any draft committee report or correspondence arising from consideration of the RSE’s report?

Members indicated agreement.