Local Government and Transport Committee, 07 Mar 2006
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Official Report
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Items in Private
I welcome committee members and members of the public to today's meeting of the Local Government and Transport Committee, which is being held in the Civic Centre in Motherwell. For the sake of clarity, I should point out that we decided to meet here before last week's problems in our Edinburgh headquarters.
Today, we will take further evidence on our freight transport inquiry. However, first of all, I ask members to agree to take in private item 3, which is consideration of our report on the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Bill. It is our normal practice to consider such reports in private, although the report itself will become public when it has been completed.
I also seek members' agreement to take in private item 4, which is consideration of a request for witness expenses. Again, we would normally consider such items in private. Are members agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
We have received apologies from Bruce Crawford, Andrew Arbuckle and Tommy Sheridan. Dr Sylvia Jackson will attend the meeting; however, she has been delayed and will not be here until 2.30 pm.