Local Government Committee, 02 Oct 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 2, 2001

Official Report 130KB pdf

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Items in Private

Okay comrades, let us begin. Agenda item 1 requires us to consider whether to take items 3 and 4 in private after we have cross-examined Angus MacKay.

Under item 3, we will discuss the merits of proposed witnesses. We would not wish to be disrespectful to witnesses by discussing in public their relative pros and cons.

Under item 4, we will consider proposals for a civic participation event. The proposals have still to be submitted to the conveners liaison group. I would rather that the CLG did not know what I was going to say before I got there, so I would like us to discuss that item in private.

After we have taken evidence from the minister and his officials, I will ask the committee to clarify and suggest some things to our adviser, Arthur Midwinter—and vice versa—on the budget process and where we go from here. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.