IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH
Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.05.

The President announced that, in the light of remarks from Gerard Batten and others on an incident that had happened the previous day (Minutes of 12.01.2005, Item 5 and Minutes of 12.01.2005, Item 7), the President of Parliament had decided to launch an investigation into the incident.

The investigation would be carried out by the Quaestors: all those involved would be heard, and the Quaestors would then report to the President.