Public Petitions Committee,

Meeting date: Wednesday, May 31, 2006

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Visit to Bundestag Petitions Committee

Item 5 is consideration of a proposed visit to Berlin to meet colleagues from the German Bundestag petitions committee and to attend a formal meeting of that committee. I ask for members' comments on the proposal.

If anyone is wondering why the Bundestag has been chosen, it is because we have had strong links with it since the Public Petitions Committee went there in 2001. It has adopted our e-petition system after coming over here to talk to us about that. This is a reciprocal opportunity to see how that committee has implemented its petitions system.

It would be a good opportunity to see whether we can learn from that committee.

Members indicated agreement.

Our final item will be discussed in private.

Meeting continued in private until 12:26.