Justice and Home Affairs Committee, 01 Feb 2000
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
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Scottish Parliament Justice and Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 1 February 2000 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 09:38]
Good morning everybody. I am sorry that we are a little late, but we had one or two minor technical details to discuss before we could start today's meeting.
We have had apologies from three members of the committee. Phil Gallie is unable to be here; I understand that Lyndsay McIntosh will be moving the amendments that are in his name and that Lord James Douglas-Hamilton is here as a back-up.
He is holding my hand, Roseanna.
Our colleague Kate MacLean is chairing the Equal Opportunities Committee in committee room 2. I understand that she is trying to organise things so that in future there is no clash between that committee and this committee; in order to achieve that, she needs to be at the Equal Opportunities Committee today.
Totally coincidentally, but luckily for balance, Christine Grahame is ill with the flu. As a result, we have a hat trick of party non-representation, which means that we will not have to worry about any difficulties should there be any tied votes.