 Welcome everyone to the sixth meeting in 2016 of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee. Everyone is reminded to switch off their mobile phones. Apologies have been received from Stuart Stevenson that he's unable to attend this meeting. The first item on the agenda is the appointment of an EU reporter. Paragraph 4 of the paper outlines the role of the EU reporter. In addition, paragraph 5 outlines a proposed expanded role for the reporter in relation to reporting of the committee on issues that arise from the Brexit vote that are relevant to the committee's remit. That is the reason for the reporter and I'd like to invite any nominations from members for a reporter. I would like to nominate Mike Rumbles. I think he would be an excellent EU reporter and I would put his name forward. Richard, I'd be more than happy to second that. So are members agreed to the nomination? Peter, Richard and all the members just to make sure that I will work closely with the convener and all the members of the committee on this project. So that concludes the public part of today's meeting. At its next meeting on 26 October 2016, the committee will hear from the Minister of Transport and the Islands on issues relevant to the committee's remit. I'm now going to suspend the meeting to allow the committee to move into private session.