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[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:31]
I welcome members to the 21st meeting in 2006 of the Subordinate Legislation Committee. I have received apologies from Stewart Maxwell and welcome Maureen Watt, who is substituting for him. Do you want to declare any interests at this point, Maureen?
I do not think so. I see that some instruments are related to agriculture. I come from a farming background, but the weather is not such that we grow wine in the north-east of Scotland, and we are not involved in the tattie business.
Good. Before we go to item 1, I should draw to members' attention the additional legal brief that they received not long before the meeting, which covers the instruments that are not covered by the main legal brief. As you know, there are a considerable number of instruments and you asked questions last week to which we had to get responses. As we go through the instruments, I will say where the items covered by the additional brief come in.