Rural Affairs Committee, 31 Aug 1999
Meeting date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999
Official Report
136KB pdf
Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs Committee Tuesday 31 August 1999 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 12:04]
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We have just passed the 12 o'clock deadline and we have a very good turnout for a meeting that was organised at short notice.
I welcome Mr Hugh Allan of the Mallaig and North-West Fishermen's Association and Mr John MacAllister of the Scottish Fishermen's Federation. Mr John Home Robertson, the Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs with responsibility for fisheries, is also with us.
The formal arrangements for the committee make it inappropriate for anyone who is not a member of the Parliament to contribute to the meeting. However, if there is a need to get information from people who are here merely as observers, there are procedures that might make it possible for them to speak. Mr Home Robertson is a member of the Parliament and can, if invited by the chair, take part in the meeting, and that is what I propose to do. You are welcome to contribute at any point, Mr Home Robertson.
Thank you.