Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 2. Rural Economy and Connectivity: The Committee will take evidence from— Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, Scottish Government; Donald Carmichael, Director, Transport Policy, Transport Scotland; David Barnes, Chief Agricultural Officer, Rural Payments and Inspections Division, and Trudy Nicolson, Acting Deputy Director, Connectivity, Economy and Data Division, Scottish Government. 3. Major transport infrastructure projects: The Committee will take evidence from— Keith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, Scottish Government; David Climie, Project Director, Forth Replacement Crossing Team, and Graham Porteous, Head of Special Projects, Transport Scotland. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider the development of its work programme.