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I welcome the press and the public to the meeting. I also welcome Iain Duff of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry and Professor Ron McQuaid, who is from Napier University. They will give evidence in our scrutiny of the 2003-04 budget. I have received apologies from Nora Radcliffe, who cannot attend the meeting, and from Robin Harper, who will be late.
At next week's meeting, we plan to consider lines of questioning for the Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning as part of the budget process and on petition PE357, which is on transport infrastructure in Aberdeen. Do members agree to prepare those lines of questioning in private?