 Good morning and welcome to this, the 16th meeting of the European and External Relations Committee of 2015. I've received apologies this morning from Hans Alamallek and our deputy convener and Roderick Campbell. Can I ask everyone to make the usual request to switch off mobile phones because they interfere with broadcasting? Agenda item 1 this morning is a decision on taking business in private and I would seek the committee's agreement that we take agenda items 2 and 3 in private. Agreed. Thank you very much. I will now formally move in to private.