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Welcome to this meeting of the Transport and the Environment Committee. I advise members that the order in which we are to take the agenda has been slightly revised, because our discussion about possible witnesses for the rail inquiry has been brought forward to accommodate some of the other commitments that Tom Hart has this morning. I hope that members will agree to that change. I also ask members to agree to take items 3 and 4 in private, to allow us to do two things: to consider whether to pay expenses to a witness who will be giving evidence on the budget process; and to consider the names of possible witnesses for the committee's inquiry into the rail industry in Scotland. Do members agree to take those two items in private?
At next week's meeting, we will consider possible lines of questioning for further witnesses on the budget process. It is usual practice to hold such discussions in private. Is that agreed?
Meeting continued in private.
Meeting continued in public.