Rural Development Committee, 29 Oct 2002
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 29, 2002
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Scottish Parliament Rural Development Committee Tuesday 29 October 2002 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:02]
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I trust that all members had a good recess. They have obviously forgotten that committee meetings start at 2 o'clock. I hope that they will remember it in future.
The clocks went back.
Indeed they did, minister. If a lot of people turn up at 3 o'clock, we will know why.
I welcome everyone to this Rural Development Committee meeting. We have a number of witnesses and members of the public with us today, whom I very much welcome. I begin with my usual reminder to ensure that mobile phones are turned off. We have received apologies from Irene Oldfather and from Stewart Stevenson, Jamie McGrigor, Alasdair Morrison and Elaine Smith, who are at an extra meeting of the Justice 2 Committee dealing with the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. They hope to join us later. However, we are quorate, so we will move to agenda item 1.