Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 05 Dec 2007

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Official Report 335KB pdf

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Rural Housing

Agenda item 4, on rural housing, is a quick item to agree the name of the member who will be a reporter on rural housing in connection with the Rural Housing Service conference in February. There have still not been any volunteers. Can I have a volunteer?

Right. I agree to go to the conference, but I do not believe that it is appropriate for the convener to be a reporter. I will do it this time as a one-off. I would be very disappointed if individuals were to be landed with certain things purely on the basis of geographical proximity. I ask all members to think about that for the future. I will do it this once, but in the main I do not think that it is a sustainable position for the convener to be a reporter.

Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.