Subordinate Legislation Committee, 01 Oct 2002

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 1, 2002

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Scottish Parliament Subordinate Legislation Committee Tuesday 1 October 2002 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 11:26]

Welcome to the 27th meeting in 2002 of the Subordinate Legislation Committee. We have received apologies from several members of the committee as our authority spreads all over the globe. Gordon Jackson is between engagements and probably suffering from jet lag. We expect to receive a fascinating report from him on the conference that he and Alasdair Rankin, the committee clerk, attended in Toronto. Before they went, we discussed what the committee might benefit from hearing about and Alasdair Rankin tells me that there were aspects of the conference that will be of general interest to the committee.

Brian Fitzpatrick is setting the heather on fire at the Labour conference in Blackpool. He is probably defending the private finance initiative as well, but that is up to him.

Ian Jenkins is somewhere in Kashmir. We hope to hear from him again.

Is he at a Liberal Democrat conference?

Liberals loose in the hills of Kashmir—oh dear, what a worrying thought.

Bill Butler has also sent apologies this morning, as he is unable to make the meeting.