Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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Interests

Good morning and welcome to the 19th meeting this year of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee. Members and the public should turn off mobile phones and BlackBerrys as leaving them in flight mode or on silent will affect the broadcasting system.

Under agenda item 1, I invite Angus MacDonald to declare any relevant interests.

I have no registrable interests to declare, but I should mention that I have a background in farming, livestock auctioneering and wholesale and retail butchering, through family businesses in the Western Isles. I hope that I can bring some of that knowledge to the committee.

Thank you. We welcome you to the committee.

I am sad to say that we have lost Dennis Robertson. We thank him for his work and we thank Mr Q for keeping us organised and entertained. We wish them well in their new roles.