Procedures Committee, 02 Dec 2003

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 2, 2003

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Scottish Parliament Procedures Committee Tuesday 2 December 2003 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:30]

Good morning. We have received apologies from Jamie McGrigor, who cannot make it today, and Karen Gillon, who is stuck in traffic, but is on her way. I have not heard from Bruce Crawford, so I hope that he will appear at some point.

Before we start the meeting, I draw members' attention to the papers that were circulated for information. I have received a further letter from the standards commissioner, who has advised me that the Standards Committee considered our committee leak at its meeting on 25 November and decided that, in the absence of clear information about who was responsible for the leak, it would not take the investigation any further. The standards commissioner is clear that there needs to be a more comprehensive approach to the investigation of leaks and will take that up with the parliamentary authorities. I will circulate the letter to members with the next set of papers.