Local Government and Transport Committee,

Meeting date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005

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Scottish Parliament Local Government and Transport Committee Tuesday 3 May 2005

[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:04]

I open the 15th meeting in 2005 of the Local Government and Transport Committee. Before we discuss the first agenda item, I advise members that the Scottish Trades Union Congress was due to give evidence to the committee today on the Licensing (Scotland) Bill, but it declined the opportunity because it had quite a heavy workload with the recent congress and so was unable to prepare a detailed presentation. I have accepted an apology from the STUC, as I know that it is usually a willing participant in parliamentary committees. I am sure that STUC witnesses will be before us many times in future.

To help members who want to learn about the unions' views on the Licensing (Scotland) Bill, I have asked the clerks to get copies of the submissions made by the STUC and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers to the Nicholson committee, so that we can get a general feel for where the unions are coming from. The clerks have hard copies of those submissions for members who want them.