Procedures Committee, 07 Sep 1999
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 7, 1999
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Scottish Parliament Procedures Committee Tuesday 7 September 1999 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 09:30]
Welcome to the third meeting of the Procedures Committee. We have an apology for absence from Donald Gorrie, who is engaged in other business.
I introduce Barry Winetrobe, who has produced a couple of papers that are further down the agenda. He will deal with any questions on them. Members know everybody else, except the vast array of people sitting around the wall, who outnumber members of the committee by about three to one. It is nice that our work attracts such interest.
With the committee's agreement, I will vary the order of business. We have had a paper from Robin Harper, Tommy Sheridan and Dennis Canavan. I invited one of the three to come this morning. It will be courteous to invite Robin to speak briefly about his paper and let him leave when we have dispatched that piece of business. If he annoys us, we will make him sit through the whole three hours.