Item 2 is consideration of the committee’s first annual report in session 4. Paper 2 contains the draft version. I am happy to go through the report in any way that members want. We can take it as a whole or go through it page by page. Will we do it page by page?
The only comment that I have is to commend the clerks for their work on the report. It is an easy read, for a start, so I thank them for that.
It is an excellent report that covers everything that we have done and are going to do.
It is an excellent report, but I suggest one addition. Under the heading “Other activities” on page 4 of the paper, which goes from paragraphs 21 to 24, should we not include the fact that we looked at the proposals for changing the timetable in the Parliament and decided to write to the Presiding Officer to raise the issue of the equalities impact assessment? That was an important intervention by the committee.
Yes—that is an important issue that should be included.
Otherwise, the report is first class. [Interruption.] My buddy Siobhan McMahon is saying, “Hear, hear.”
It is an excellent point, Annabel, so thank you—we should include that in the report. The clerk, Douglas Thornton, will draft something and bring it back to the committee.
That concludes our meeting. The next meeting, which will be on Tuesday 29 May, will involve oral evidence from providers of health and social care services as part of the Gypsy Travellers and care inquiry.
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