Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 30 Sep 2009

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Official Report 170KB pdf

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

I welcome everyone to the 23rd meeting this year of the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee. The main purpose of the meeting is to take evidence from Scottish Government officials on the draft budget for 2010-11. I remind people to switch off their phones, BlackBerrys and so on because they impact on the broadcasting system.

The first item of business is to consider whether to take item 3 in private and whether to take future reviews of evidence and consideration of draft reports on the budget process in private. Can I have the committee's agreement on that?

Members indicated agreement.