Environment and Rural Development Committee, 06 Sep 2006
Meeting date: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Official Report
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Item in Private
I welcome members, the press—if any are present—and the public to the meeting. I remind everyone to turn their mobile phones to silent and to keep their BlackBerries well away from the recording machinery. The only apology is from Nora Radcliffe, who will be slightly late as she is attending the Public Petitions Committee.
Agenda item 1 is to consider whether to take item 4 in private, to allow us to proceed with concluding our stage 1 consideration of the Environmental Levy on Plastic Bags (Scotland) Bill. The committee's decision would be published in the minutes on its web pages, which would let all interested parties know what the committee decides to do. We asked for supplementary information from the minister and Mike Pringle. Colleagues have received that information and other representations that have come in over the summer. Are colleagues content to take item 4 in private?
Members indicated agreement.