Scottish Parliament Rural Development Committee Tuesday 19 June 2001 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:03]
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Hub. It is a while since we met here and I hope all members remembered where to find it.
I have not received apologies from a couple of members who have yet to arrive, but we will start the meeting. I have received apologies from George Lyon, who is en route and who hopes to arrive by 4 o'clock. If precedence if anything to go by, we will still be here.
We have four items on our agenda. As we have already agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private, we will move into private session after we have dealt with item 2.