Transport and the Environment Committee, 14 Nov 2001
Meeting date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001
Official Report
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Petition
Water and Sewerage Industry (Competitiveness) (PE399)
Agenda item 3 is a topical item, on petition PE399, by Dr D H S Reid, on the structure of the water industry in Scotland. The Public Petitions Committee agreed to pass the petition to the Transport and the Environment Committee with the recommendation that we take it into account as part of the committee's consideration of the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill.
In our recent inquiry, we considered the structure of the water industry in Scotland in great detail and we are also considering the matter with a view to producing our stage 1 report on the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill. We considered and scrutinised thoroughly the issues that are raised in the petition. I suggest that we treat the petition as written evidence for stage 1 of the bill, which will allow us to include the petitioner's comments in our appraisal of the situation. I also suggest that we send the petitioner a copy of the committee's recent report of our inquiry into water and the water industry. In the light of our current discussions, those suggestions are sensible. Are they agreed to?
Members indicated agreement.
We now come to consideration of the possible contents of the committee's draft report. As agreed, we will discuss the matter in private. I thank members of the public for coming along.
Meeting continued in private until 12:25.