Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 24 Oct 2007
Meeting date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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Interests
I welcome everyone to this morning's meeting of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee. Before we start, I remind everyone in the room to switch off their mobile phones and pagers—or at least to put them in flight mode or whatever—so that they do not interfere with the sound system.
We have received no apologies for the meeting, although Karen Gillon has apologised because she might be late. My guess is that the fog is causing some difficulties. We will be joined later by Jim Hume MSP, who has an interest in a later agenda item.
Agenda item 1 is to invite Des McNulty, as this is his first meeting of the committee, to declare any relevant interests in respect of the committee's remit, as required under the "Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament".
I draw members' attention to my entry in the register of members' interests. I do not think that anything in it would clash with the committee's remit.