Procedures Committee, 07 Nov 2000

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 7, 2000

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Scottish Parliament Procedures Committee Tuesday 7 November 2000 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:04]

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We will make a start. I apologise for our slight lateness—the pre-meeting overran. We have a quorum and we have some apologies. Michael Russell has resigned from the committee and will be replaced by Kay Ullrich, who cannot attend today—I am not sure whether that constitutes an apology. We also have an apology from Gil Paterson and I understand that Andy Kerr will be late.

I must ask the committee whether it agrees to take item 8 in private. The item concerns the continuing review of the principles of the consultative steering group and may involve the discussion of named individuals. I propose that we discuss the issue in private, as we did before. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

My only other duty at the start of the meeting is to welcome members of Public Administration International, who have given the committee an unusually large audience this morning.