Rural Development Committee, 12 Jun 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 12, 2001

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Consultative Steering Group Principles

Item 4 on the agenda is the Procedures Committee's inquiry into the application of the consultative steering group principles in the Scottish Parliament. The Procedures Committee has invited all committees to contribute to its inquiry into the extent to which the CSG principles are being implemented in the Parliament. The principles are power sharing, accountability, accessibility and equal opportunities.

Members will have the opportunity to comment personally, if they wish. This exercise gives committees an additional opportunity to present evidence. If members feel that they can make useful contributions to the inquiry, I suggest that they send me a note of the issues that might be included in a committee response, and I will ensure that the comments are drawn together for submission. Would members like to raise specific issues now? If not, do members agree to the proposal?

Members indicated agreement.

That brings us to item 5 on the agenda, which the committee has agreed to take in private.

Meeting continued in private until 17:10.