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Good morning, and welcome to the ninth meeting in 2025 of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee. Before we begin, please ensure that all electronic devices are switched to silent. We have received apologies from Elena Whitham, Emma Roddick and Beatrice Wishart, so we are somewhat depleted, but please do not feel that that is a reflection of the quality of the witnesses that we have this morning. It reminds me of when I once turned up at a village hall in the Borders to address a Burns supper but there was nobody there. I asked the chairman whether he had told anybody that I was going to be speaking, and he said, “No, but it must have got out.”
Anyway, our first item of business is consideration of whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. Do members agree to take those items in private?
Members indicated agreement.
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