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The next item is on EU engagement. We would not want to finish the meeting without giving Jim Hume his moment in the sun. Does anyone have any comments on the EU engagement paper?
I have a brief technical question on the “Brussels Bulletin”. Do the clerks get it and filter it, or do we get it, and I have just not been seeing it?
It is included in the bulletins for members.
Do the bulletins for members still come through regularly?
Yes. They are issued to members on a weekly basis.
Maybe I have just not been getting them.
The “Brussels Bulletin” is also available on the Parliament’s website.
Does Jim Hume want to say anything?
I thank the clerks for all their work on the report. It is worth noting that we are obliged to respond to the European and External Relations Committee on our EU engagement. I am sure that members have read the paper closely, but I note for the record that some of the priorities, such as those that relate to the environmental action programme, invasive alien species and maritime spatial planning, have been very appropriate issues for the committee to concentrate on. Furthermore, our other EU engagement, which has been primarily on the common fisheries policy and the common agricultural policy, has also been timeous.
Thank you for that work, which we consider important. As ever, we will report back to the European and External Relations Committee. Do we agree that the paper is an acceptable response to the European and External Relations Committee?
Our next meeting will be after the October recess, on 24 October, when we will take evidence from the minister on the draft budget.
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