Agenda item 3 is another one-off round-table evidence session—this time, on environmental crime and its connections to serious organised crime and money laundering. I welcome everyone to the meeting and thank you all for your written submissions.
For the benefit of those who have not given evidence at a parliamentary round-table meeting, I will first ask everyone to introduce themselves. The session gives us an opportunity to keep the politicians silent; it takes some doing, but we will do it.
I also welcome to the meeting Graeme Dey. I am not saying that you have to be silent all the time, Graeme, but it will make a nice change if you are. Of course, I am only saying that because he is my neighbour in Parliament.
As this is a listen and learn session for politicians, the interaction will take place mainly between witnesses. I have with me two lists: a yellow list for witnesses, who have priority, and a pink B-list, which is, as committee members know, for them.
We will try to get through as much as possible. We have always found such sessions to be extremely useful, as we found the previous session. Finally, I thank everyone for giving up their time.
I will now ask everyone to introduce themselves. I am Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale—a bit of a mouthful, but a wonderful place—and I convene the committee.