Rural Development Committee, 24 Apr 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 24, 2001

Official Report 296KB pdf

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Committee Business

As we have reached the appointed time and we have a quorum, we will begin.

Item 1 is for us to consider taking item 7 in private. The conveners liaison group has recommended that the item, consideration of future committee business, be taken in private. At a previous meeting when dealing with a previous paper on the same subject, the committee decided to go ahead in public. Do members have comments about whether they wish to take the item in public or in private?

You said that we would take the item in public.

No, I said that when we addressed a similar paper previously, the committee made the decision to take the item in public rather than in private.

I agree with that. It is neither confidential nor is it a draft report.

Do members of the committee agree that, as previously, we take the item in public against the recommendation of the conveners liaison group?

Members indicated agreement.

If we are content with that, we will proceed on that basis.

I remind members that we have previously agreed to deal with item 8, the draft land reform paper, in private.