Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee, 14 Nov 2006

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 14, 2006

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Scottish Parliament Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee Tuesday 14 November 2006

[The Convener opened the meeting at 13:00]

Good afternoon. I welcome the press and public to the 13th and final meeting of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill Committee. I ask everyone present to ensure that their mobile phones and pagers are switched off. We have apologies from Michael Matheson and Marlyn Glen has agreed to move the amendments in his name.

The only item on the agenda is the second phase of the consideration stage of the Glasgow Airport Rail Link Bill. We will consider and process all the admissible amendments to the bill that have been lodged.

The procedures that we will follow are similar to those that are followed at stage 2 of a public bill, except that it is only members of the committee who may lodge amendments and participate in the meeting. The 35 amendments that have been lodged fall into three broad categories: those that arise from issues that were highlighted in the committee's consideration stage report; minor or technical amendments that have been provided by the promoter and lodged on its behalf by a member of the committee; and amendments that arise from the discussions that were held on the committee's behalf between the clerks, our legal adviser and the promoter.