Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee, 01 Mar 2000
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 1, 2000
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Scottish Parliament Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee Wednesday 1 March 2000 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:19]
I welcome everyone to the meeting. I particularly welcome the witnesses from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland and thank them for their written submission. I apologise for the weather, although it is unusual to apologise for sunshine in Scotland. We did not deliberately sit the witnesses in direct sunlight to make them feel under pressure.
We have a certain routine for questioning witnesses. I will ask the witnesses to give a brief introduction, then I will kick off and my colleagues will ask questions after that.
Before we move on to housing stock transfer, we must deal with formal committee business. Do members agree to take item 6 in private, so that we can reflect on the evidence that we have heard and consider future issues?
Members indicated agreement.