Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Welcome to the fourth meeting in 2013 of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee. I remind members to switch off mobile phones, as they affect the broadcasting system. We have received apologies from Maureen Watt, and I am standing in as convener for the meeting. I welcome Gil Paterson as a substitute member. I think that this is his first time at the committee. Is that right, Gil?

That is right, convener.

We have also received apologies from three witnesses for our round-table discussion on RPP2, the draft second report on proposals and policies, “Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting our Emissions Reduction Targets 2013-2027”: Dr Maja Piecyk, Professor Iain Docherty and Dr Jillian Anable.

We have a busy agenda, so we will get started. Agenda item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. I seek the committee’s agreement to take agenda items 6, 7 and 8 in private, to allow the committee to consider our approach to the community transport inquiry, the evidence that we will hear from the City of Edinburgh Council on the Forth Road Bridge Bill and the evidence from stakeholders on the transport aspects of RPP2. I also seek agreement to take consideration of reports on the bill and RPP2 in private at future meetings. Do members agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.