Public Petitions Committee, 06 Nov 2001
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee Tuesday 6 November 2001 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:06]
I welcome everyone to the 13th meeting this year of the Public Petitions Committee. I apologise for the slight delay to the start of the meeting. We have some distinguished visitors with us this morning; I take this opportunity to offer a special welcome to a delegation from the European Parliament Petitions Committee, led by the committee's chairman, Nino Gemelli.
A programme of events is planned for later in the day, including a briefing on electronic petitions. There will also be opportunities to meet members of the Scottish Parliament European Committee over lunch and dinner. We are very much looking forward to discussing issues of common interest with Signor Gemelli and his colleagues and I hope that this is the beginning of a long and lasting relationship between our two committees. I hope that the delegation finds this morning's meeting interesting.
No apologies have been received. I was hoping that Winnie Ewing and Dorothy-Grace Elder would get here on time this morning. They are probably in the wrong committee room.