The first item on the agenda is the minutes of 9 November. The draft minutes have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed.
The next item is correspondence. Since the last meeting we have received the environmental liability directive from the Joint Committee on European Affairs. The Joint Committee on European Affairs clearly feels this matter is important and has referred it to us for information. We note that. The next item is a report from the EU Commission on the environmental liability directive. Do members have any views on the report? If not, will we agree to note it? The Joint Committee on European Affairs has studied it.
The next item is a letter from Comhar, Sustainable Development Council, on environmental taxes and charges. Do members have any view on the letter or should we just note it? It was agreed to note it. The next item is an e-mail together with attachments detailing the current position on e-voting machines from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. That topic is on our work programme and we will come to it. We will hold it over for that day. The next item is from Friends of Europe, independent think-tank for EU policy analysis and debate, on the policy summit - Understanding China Policy. We will note that.
The next item is a circular held over from the last meeting. Circular MEM 02-10 of 28 October 2010 - Response to Severe Weather Emergencies was issued by the national director for fire and emergency management of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to the various county managers. We had that circular the last day. People are free to-----
