Committee Matters

1. At the last committee meeting, John Duncan, Rogart, was co-opted onto the committee.
2. After 5 years as Chairman, John Melling will be standing down at the A.G.M.

I appreciate that I have been unable to provide you regularly with details of committee meetings. The committee meets regularly and works to a very full agenda receiving verbal reports of attendance at meetings of the Highland Rail Partnership, both at full and Executive level, and the Rail Passenger Council. Discussions on freight, Railtrack and ScotRail take place in their own context and within the context of the Partnership.

In addition to the above, committee members communicate regularly with MSPs and rail operators.