Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 17 Dec 2008

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Official Report 257KB pdf

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Marine and Coastal Access Bill

Agenda item 5 is consideration of an approach paper on the legislative consent memorandum on the United Kingdom Marine and Coastal Access Bill. The paper has been circulated to committee members. The proposed approach, which is outlined in the paper, includes requesting written evidence from affected organisations and holding an evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment.

Do members have any comments on the suggested approach? Alternatively, if members prefer, they can e-mail suggestions about who should be invited to provide written evidence. Either way, it is over to committee members. Do members have any immediate thoughts, or would they rather make suggestions by e-mail?

We can make suggestions by e-mail. The approach paper seems fine, so we should approve it.

Okay. Everyone seems happy with the suggested approach and with the proposal that suggestions can be made by e-mail. The paper suggests that we will take evidence from the cabinet secretary on 28 January.

That concludes the public part of our meeting. I thank the public for their attendance and ask them to clear the room.

Meeting continued in private until 13:04.