Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee, 10 Nov 1999

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999

Official Report 248KB pdf

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Timetable

The fourth agenda item concerns the committee timetable. Martin and I have been doing some work on the issue of warrant sales. We have sent out some invitations to get us under way.

We are inviting the Lothian Anti-Poverty Alliance/Communities Against Poverty network next week. The clerks of the three committees involved in this issue are trying to arrange a meeting for tomorrow morning with the conveners of those committees to divide up the oral evidence.

I take it that we will not be duplicating the work of other committees. That would be crazy.

We will have to split things up because so many people will be putting in submissions. There will be a lot of written and oral evidence.

How many organisations have indicated that they want to give oral evidence?

I think that 25 organisations have indicated that they want to give evidence, but they have not specified whether the evidence will be written or oral. Five have said that they will give oral evidence. Roseanna Cunningham, Trish Godman and I will get a balance for the committees.

The timetable reflects the previous meeting's discussion, except in one minor respect. I have unfortunately omitted the two sessions on the Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill in the new year. I apologise for that.

On page 2 of the timetable, on 12 January, under the housing column, the item on housing stock transfers: evidence from ministers should really be deferred until a date yet to be specified.

The warrant sales column for 12 January and 19 January should include an item on evidence for the bill. The report to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee will be later than 19 January.

We may get the report concluded by 19 January and then submit it to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee the following week or thereafter. We have two sessions in January, which the committee agreed at the previous meeting.

I just want to thank the convener.

Thank you. It is 12.25 pm. I think that that is a record.

Meeting closed at 12:25.