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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.
The 2003 workforce survey suggests that there are only 153 Gaelic-medium primary school teachers and 26 Gaelic-medium secondary school teachers in the whole country.
I seek his assurance that every effort will continue to be made to talk to ferry companies, including Caledonian MacBrayne, to ascertain whether any interested parties are out there.
On Tuesday, when the Parliamentary Bureau discussed the business timetable, we were unaware of information that has since appeared in the press and in a written answer yesterday.
Why is he leaving the door open and is the Executive opposed to genetically modified fish? You raise an important point. The draft strategic framework is very clear from an industry point of view.