Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting Minutes
18th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Thursday, June 1, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 11:31
- Published: Thursday, June 1, 2023 12:01pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Clare Adamson (Convener)
- Donald Cameron (Deputy Convener)
- Alasdair Allan (Member)
- Neil Bibby (Member)
- Maurice Golden (Member)
- Ben Macpherson (Member)
- Mark Ruskell (Member)
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.
2 National Outcomes:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Stephen Gethins, Professor of Practice in International Relations, University of St Andrews;
Professor Juliet Kaarbo, Professor of Foreign Policy, University of Edinburgh;
Professor Peter Jackson, Chair in Global Security, University of Glasgow.
3 Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (UK Parliament legislation):
The Committee took evidence on the supplementary legislative consent memorandum (LCM-S6-29a) from—
Angus Robertson, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Chris Nicholson, Solicitor and Head of the Constitutional Reform and External Affairs Branch, Elliot Robertson, Head of EU Secretariat and Greig Walker, Retained EU Law Management Programme Lead, Scottish Government.
4 Consideration of evidence:
The Committee considered the evidence it heard at item 3.