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I welcome the Auditor General for Scotland and his team from Audit Scotland and members of the public and the press who have now joined us for the public part of the meeting.
Members indicated agreement. I advise members of the press and public that we are now moving into private session to consider the appointment of an adviser for our inquiry into aquaculture.
I stress that we want a constructive relationship with the Scottish Fishermen's Federation on matters that affect Scottish fishing communities and I welcome the positive point made by Tavish Scott, the member for Shetland.
We have dreams, but we are not dreamers. We are asking for our seven-point action plan—our seven-point charter—which some people thought was moderate.
Before Tom McCabe moves the motion, will anyone who wishes to speak against the motion please press the request button now. On a point of order, Mr Presiding Officer.
It is gratifying to see so many representatives of the press in the gallery to report what we have to say on education and Scottish museums, which we will deal with in a later part of the meeting.
Is she advocating a lower population in Scotland? No. The point that I am making is that it would be unthinkable in England in a debate on the budget to start talking about population and immigration.