Scottish Parliament - Rural Affairs Committee Official Report

	Session 1 (1999)
Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs Committee Official Report	Meeting 4, 1999

7 September 1999

CONTENTS

Tuesday 7 September 1999

RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 4TH MEETING
	Col.
SHEEP INDUSTRY	45
HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS DRAFT PLAN 2000-06	75
FISHERIES SECTOR	76
PLANT HEALTH (AMENDMENT) (SCOTLAND) ORDER 1999	79
PETITION (HOMING PIGEONS)	80
WORK PROGRAMME	81
MINUTES	97

RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
4^th Meeting

CONVENER:

*Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

*Alex Fergusson (South of Scotland) (Con)
*Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
*Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP)
*Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)
*Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP)
*Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP)
*Mr John Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)
*Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab)
*Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab)
*Mr Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING MEMBER ALSO ATTENDED:

Ross Finnie (Minister for Rural Affairs)

PRESENTATIONS:

Mr Jim Walker (President, National Farmers Union of Scotland)
Mr John MacKintosh (President, Scottish Crofters Union)

COMMITTEE CLERK:

Richard Davies

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK:

Richard Walsh

ASSISTANT CLERK:

Tracey Hawe